Or maybe it is all that's left of a ministry that you believed you would have. Maybe you are a businessman and you decided you would enter into the business scheme of all business schemes. You pressed ahead, never seeking the mind of God or the counsel of others, never asking whether God wanted you to do it or not. Now it has been all burned up. It is nothing but rags wrapped around ashes.
Nobody wants it, nobody has anything to do with it.
But, there is One who will take it. He gives you a box that is more beautiful than anything you can imagine. And you open the box and just catch a glimpse of the inside of the box before you turn away. The whole interior of the box is covered with mirrors. And if you look too long you're afraid of what you will see.