{"id":40413,"date":"2026-05-20T18:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T01:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=40413"},"modified":"2026-05-21T13:27:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:27:01","slug":"2026-pearl","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2026-pearl\/","title":{"rendered":"A pearl is a healed wound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Elisabeth Elliot Quotes<\/p>\n<p>Did you know\u2026.An oyster that has not been wounded in any way does not produce pearls?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40431 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pearl-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pearl-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pearl-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A pearl is a healed wound.<\/p>\n<p>Pearls are a product of pain, the result of a foreign or unwanted substance entering the oyster, such as a parasite or a grain of sand.<\/p>\n<p>The inside of an oyster shell is a shiny substance called \u201cnacre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When a grain of sand enters, the nacre cells go to work and cover the grain of sand with layers and more layers to protect the defenseless body from the oyster. As a result, a beautiful pearl is formed!<\/p>\n<p>The more pearls, the more valuable\u2026<\/p>\n<p>God never allows pain without a purpose.<\/p>\n<p>What if your greatest ministry to others comes out of your greatest hurt ?<\/p>\n<p>The hard things we may be going through now are really nothing in comparison to the glory that will be revealed in us later. (Romans 8:17-18)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40432 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pearl-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pearl-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/pearl-1-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elisabeth Elliot Quotes Did you know\u2026.An oyster that has not been wounded in any way does not produce pearls? A pearl is a healed wound. Pearls are a product of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[29],"class_list":["post-40413","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/40413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40413"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/40413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40433,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/40413\/revisions\/40433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40413"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=40413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}