Saturday, November 29, 2025

Reflection - Psalm 127 - Fine Crystal

Source (book): "My Soul Thirsts For God", Reflections on the Psalms from Our Daily Bread, Psalm 127, "Fine Crystal", Page 168.
By David Roper, Our Daily Bread Writer
 

Psalm 127
PHOTO: Psalm 127
Unless the Lord builds the house,
the builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the guards stand watch in vain.
In vain you rise early
and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat —
for he grants sleep to those he loves.

Sons are a heritage from the Lord,
children a reward from him.
Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are sons born in one’s youth.
Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
when they contend with their enemies in the gate.


Fine Crystal
I have a friend - call her Mary - who tells me that her fondest memory is of the morning she broke her mother's "priceless" crystal.

Mary's mother was having a party. She had taken her fine crystal from the cupboard and carefully washed it and placed it on the table. The crystal represented the only valuable material presentation her mother owned, and it was used only on special occasions.

In her rush to get things ready for her guests, Mary's mother said to her young daughter, "Would you please find some place that's not underfoot?" So Mary crawled underneath the table. Unfortunately she kicked the leg of the table and the crystal crashed to the floor.

"Crystal exploded like shrapnel (fragments of a bomb)," she recalls. She had destroyed the most elegant thing her mother possessed. "I'm so sorry," the little girl sobbed.

Her mother gathered her in her arms and whispered, "Don't cry, honey. You are far more valuable to me than mere crystal."

Children are indeed our most valuable possession, more precious than anything we ever buy or earn. They are "a heritage from the Lord" and "a reward" (Psalm 127:3).

Do your children know how precious they are to you? Why not tell them today.
- David Roper
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Psalm 127
Unless the Lord builds the house,
the builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the guards stand watch in vain.
In vain you rise early
and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat —
for he grants sleep to those he loves.

Sons are a heritage from the Lord,
children a reward from him.
Like arrows in the hands of a warrior
are sons born in one’s youth.
Blessed is the man
whose quiver is full of them.
They will not be put to shame
when they contend with their enemies in the gate.
Fine Crystal
I have a friend - call her Mary - who tells me that her fondest memory is of the morning she broke her mother's "priceless" crystal.

Mary's mother was having a party. She had taken her fine crystal from the cupboard and carefully washed it and placed it on the table. The crystal represented the only valuable material presentation her mother owned, and it was used only on special occasions.
 

I have a friend - call her Mary
PHOTOI have a friend - call her Mary - who tells me that her fondest memory is of the morning she broke her mother's "priceless" crystal.

Mary's mother was having a party. She had taken her fine crystal from the cupboard and carefully washed it and placed it on the table. The crystal represented the only valuable material presentation her mother owned, and it was used only on special occasions.

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In her rush to get things ready for her guests, Mary's mother said to her young daughter, "Would you please find some place that's not underfoot?" So Mary crawled underneath the table. Unfortunately she kicked the leg of the table and the crystal crashed to the floor.

"Crystal exploded like shrapnel (fragments of a bomb)," she recalls. She had destroyed the most elegant thing her mother possessed. "I'm so sorry," the little girl sobbed.
 

In her rush to get things ready for her guests
PHOTO: In her rush to get things ready for her guests, Mary's mother said to her young daughter, "Would you please find some place that's not underfoot?" So Mary crawled underneath the table. Unfortunately she kicked the leg of the table and the crystal crashed to the floor.

"Crystal exploded like shrapnel (fragments of a bomb)," she recalls. She had destroyed the most elegant thing her mother possessed. "I'm so sorry," the little girl sobbed.

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Her mother gathered her in her arms and whispered, "Don't cry, honey. You are far more valuable to me than mere crystal."
 

Her mother gathered her in her arms and whispered,
PHOTO: Her mother gathered her in her arms and whispered, "Don't cry, honey. You are far more valuable to me than mere crystal."
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Children are indeed our most valuable possession, more precious than anything we ever buy or earn. They are "a heritage from the Lord" and "a reward" (Psalm 127:3).

Do your children know how precious they are to you? Why not tell them today.
- David Roper
 

Children are indeed our most valuable possession, more precious than anything we ever buy or earn.
PHOTO: Children are indeed our most valuable possession, more precious than anything we ever buy or earn. They are "a heritage from the Lord" and "a reward" (Psalm 127:3).

Do your children know how precious they are to you? Why not tell them today.
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Dear Lord
PHOTO: "Dear Lord, we pray that we know children are indeed our most valuable possession, more precious than anything we ever buy or earn. They are 'a heritage from the Lord' and 'a reward'. May we tell our children how precious they are to us.

Through Lord Jesus Christ we pray. Amen."
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Source (book): "My Soul Thirsts For God", Reflections on the Psalms from Our Daily Bread, Psalm 127, "Fine Crystal", Page 168.
By David Roper, Our Daily Bread Writer




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Reference
[1] From "My Soul Thirsts For God", Reflections on the Psalms from Our Daily Bread, Copyright @ 2009 by Discovery House Publishers, Psalm 127, "Fine Crystal", Page 168.

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