You know that I’m an admirer of strong Christian song lyrics. But I ran across a Utube video today that really blew me away. A South African children’s choir was dancing and singing a song i had never heard before and the chorus touched me deeply. “If coal can turn to diamonds and sand can turn to pearls; if worms can turn to butterflies, then love can turn the world.”
In the third chapter of John, Jesus speaks of the transformation that takes place when we believe in Him and follow Him. As Christians we have experienced that new spiritual birth and we know the change that has taken place in our lives as a result. God is love and it is His love that transforms our sinful nature (lump of coal, grain of sand or a worm) to a new and beautiful child of God (diamond, pearl or butterfly). Are we perfect yet? No, but the more we share God’s love with others, the closer we get to His perfection.
Do you want to turn the world? Love your family, then spread kind acts and loving words throughout your small part of the world. If all believers do that. the world will turn back to God.