tants pass through an oyster's mantle, so is a pearl created when irritants pass through your life. Comparing your life to a pearl will show that a better you will be developed through the disturbances of life. It does not matter who you are or your present circumstances, God values you! You are a pearl in the making! All the struggles and trials of your life is creating the valuable, brilliant, usable pearl that you are or are becoming. God will use your life story to bring glory to His story. None of your hardships are in vain. You are valuable in the Lord's kingdom. This book will encourage you that you are a Pearl of Great Price. Cynthia Hill Nixon is a gifted teacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with a special love for teaching women and youth. She is a mighty prayer warrior and a worshipper. She was saved at 12 years of age and has committed a lifetime of love and service to God and his people. Cynthia founded a conference entitled "Pearls of Great Price" where women could gather to inspire, infuse, and infect others with the joy, peace, and deliverance that comes from knowing Jesus. She is the wife of Pastor Eugene Nixon of God's Vision Ministries Church in Conyers, Georgia. Together with her husband, they lead relationship classes that bring restoration and wholeness to families. They have served in pastoral ministry for 26 years and have been married for 42 years. They are the parents of four sons, Eugene II, Christian, and twins, Ian and Justin.