Jenny didn't say anything, but slowly handed him the pearl necklace. With tears gathering in his own eyes, Jenny's kind daddy reached out with one hand to take the dime-store necklace. With the other hand, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue velvet case with a strand of genuine pearls and gave them to Jennu. He had them all along. He was just waiting for her to give up the dime-store stuff so he could give her the genuine treasure, so like our Heavenly Father.
Pearls are precious stones that only come about through struggling and hardships.
A pearl begins as a piece of sand wedged into an oyster. Over time, that oyster coats that sand until a pearl is formed. When we give things over to Him, He gives us much more in return than we could ever imagine. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.