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* Nov. 6, 2009 - The Rotten, Stinky Things of Life
| Now that Halloween is past I see all of the 'pumpkin shells' or poor deceased jack-o-lantern fella's all about. Some don't even make it to the pumpkin gathering place a.k.a. the compost heap. Some just get thrown about by punk kids with nothing better to do. Then, after being thrown about they get mushed into the pavement by cars. Our pumpkins were put out to the curb this morning. The kids mentioned that it is a shame to have to get rid of them. I pointed out that they were stinky and mouldy inside anyways, so why keep them? Originally they looked beautiful, round and orange. Then we sliced them all apart and pulled out all of their guts. Isn't it interesting how wonderful clean pumpkins look on the outside? I must say that pumpkins are one of my favourite things in all of God's creation. They are just so cheery and seem to represent my favourite season 'in a pumpkin shell' instead of 'in a nutshell :)' Isn't that how we as people are on the outside? We do have our off days but in general we try to do ourselves up nice and hope that others will think we are pretty great. But God saw into MY grimy, slimy heart and He had to cut deep and pull out all of the filth inside. He has cut, poked, and prodded more since then. Instead of leaving me as an empty shell to rot once more He has nurtured and grown me to the place where I could be 'almost usuable!' I am so thankful that instead of going in a 'heap of rubble' which is all I was fit for that God had mercy on me. So now I don't have to just be a 'happy, cheerful looking pumpkin' but one that actually can be used for greater things before going on one day to 'the Great Pumpkin Patch' as Linus would say! |
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