God’s Magnetic Love

Category: Arts

"Even though I had tried to pick up only the pure black sand, it was impossible not to get some grains of the common grey sand mixed in with it. Later I found an easy way to get rid of the grey sand.I used my magnet to pick up the black sand and transfer it to another container, leaving the unwanted grey sand behind. God also uses this method to separate the wheat from the tares on this earth.The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one’” (Matthew 13:38).The wheat is attracted to Christ just as magnetite is attracted to a magnet.The common sand is left behind because of its own lack of response. Of course, sand has no choice in the matter, but we do.When we choose to respond to the upward drawing of God’s Spirit, the earthly impurities are left behind. This principle is also illustrated in the parable of the separating of the sheep and the goats in John 10:27, “‘My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.I began testing to see if any of the many other minerals in my collection would respond to the pull of the magnet, but hematite (a closely related mineral) was the only one attracted to the magnetic pull. None of my pretty agates and other colorful stones showed any response at all to the power of the magnet. A very few minerals are diamagnetic, which means that they are repelled by a magnet. They move away from the magnet rather than being drawn toward it. Bismuth and graphite are two minerals that show this characteristic. Bismuth occasionally forms exquisite crystals that are unique, but, strangely, they are not diamagnetic.