Change takes time

Nancy and I recently bought a Gaither DVD set from the South Africa Trip they took a couple of years ago. One song written by their son Benji, which has a wonderful South African feel to it, really impressed me. They perform the song with a South African Children's Choir. It's a great song with a great message. The lryics are below:

We're as different as night and day
But we're the same in different ways it's true
Just look at me and you
We can change the way we are
The power lives inside our hearts
We can be anything we wanna be

If coal can turn to diamonds
And sand can turn to pearls
If a worm can turn into a butterfly
Then love can turn the world
Oh, love can turn the world

The God who made you made us all
Big and little short and tall and that's fine
'Cause it takes all kinds
If He had made us all alike
It sure would be a boring life
But He knew
What a little time could do

If coal can turn to diamonds
And sand can turn to pearls
If a worm can turn into a butterfly
Then love can turn the world
Oh, love can turn the world

How does coal turn into diamonds? With heat, pressure and lots of time. How does sand turn into pearl? Dealing with something very irritating for a long period of time. And how does a worm turn into a butterfly? By spending a long time isolated, constricted and alone and allowing the true beauty on the inside to struggle to be freed from the tight space it is in. The process of change is never pleasant, but the product of change is always something of real value and beauty. Time for a change?

Have a great week! By the way, here is a link to a YouTube video of this awesome song.
Enjoy!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfDKwL-Na6k&feature=related