Thursday, October 29, 2020
Monday, October 26, 2020
The Joy of Being a Pumpkin
The Joy of Being a Pumpkin
There is a great joy that comes when Jesus makes our life like that of a pumpkin. Just consider these instructions:
Take a pumpkin – All of us are like that pumpkin. The outside that people see is often fairly neat and nice, but the inside is a gooey mess. Some people just take the pumpkin and wash off the outside and it looks fine. Others take the pumpkin and transform it into something that is still a pumpkin and yet so much more – that’s what Jesus does with us if we let Him.
Cut open the top of the pumpkin and you see the messy insides. In order to fully transform your pumpkin you have to take all the messy inside out. Inside of us are the scars of past hurts and the mess of our own mistakes. We can try to move beyond those things, but until we let God clean it out we’re never really free of all that mess.
“But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.” (1 John 1:9)
Put in your hand and pull out the insides. If we put ourselves in God’s hands, God will scoop out all the yucky stuff inside of us. He removes the seeds of fear, doubt, despair, hate, impurity, and greed. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)
The next step is to begin carving an imagine into the pumpkin – some do faces others do words or pictures. In this process the pumpkin becomes something more than it was, and yet is is still the same pumpkin. When we begin to follow Jesus the same is true. We become different and yet we are still the person God made us to be. “And we…are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” (2 Cor. 3:18)
The last step for the pumpkin is toput a light inside so that others can see the beauty of what has happended to it. The same is true for us. God puts His light within us so that others can see that we have been changed – our lives become brighter and more beautiful because of what God does for us. “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world, Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” (John 8:12)
If you have never discovered how God can and will change your life into something brighter and more beautiful. Encourage you to visit church and find the greater life Jesus can give to you.
There is a great joy that comes when Jesus makes our life like that of a pumpkin. Just consider these instructions:
Take a pumpkin – All of us are like that pumpkin. The outside that people see is often fairly neat and nice, but the inside is a gooey mess. Some people just take the pumpkin and wash off the outside and it looks fine. Others take the pumpkin and transform it into something that is still a pumpkin and yet so much more – that’s what Jesus does with us if we let Him.
Cut open the top of the pumpkin and you see the messy insides. In order to fully transform your pumpkin you have to take all the messy inside out. Inside of us are the scars of past hurts and the mess of our own mistakes. We can try to move beyond those things, but until we let God clean it out we’re never really free of all that mess.
“But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.” (1 John 1:9)
Put in your hand and pull out the insides. If we put ourselves in God’s hands, God will scoop out all the yucky stuff inside of us. He removes the seeds of fear, doubt, despair, hate, impurity, and greed. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)
The next step is to begin carving an imagine into the pumpkin – some do faces others do words or pictures. In this process the pumpkin becomes something more than it was, and yet is is still the same pumpkin. When we begin to follow Jesus the same is true. We become different and yet we are still the person God made us to be. “And we…are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” (2 Cor. 3:18)
The last step for the pumpkin is toput a light inside so that others can see the beauty of what has happended to it. The same is true for us. God puts His light within us so that others can see that we have been changed – our lives become brighter and more beautiful because of what God does for us. “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world, Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” (John 8:12)
If you have never discovered how God can and will change your life into something brighter and more beautiful. Encourage you to visit church and find the greater life Jesus can give to you.
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Bees make wax
Callie's mother wrote a post message via Facebook. Thought this was pretty awesome and I just wanted to share it with you all.
"Last nite, I was cleaning Callie's ears after her bath. she is sooooo smart it's scary! I showed her wax from her ear. she said "Where's the Bee!" I died laughing... I'm in trouble with this little genius!... Bees make wax mommy.... LoL"
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