“Being
Christian is like being a pumpkin. God picks you from the patch, brings you in,
and washes off all the dirt. Then He cuts the top and scoops out all the yucky
stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Last, He carves you a
new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to
see!” – Megan Gosnell Godbee
‘Tis
the season to start to carve pumpkins and set up all those Halloween
decorations. Today is almost the time of year for the tradition of carving
pumpkins and setting them outside for Halloween. Many pumpkins turn out to just
be smiley faces but there are many that are more elaborate then just a face. Pumpkin
carving is not an easy process to go through to get a great result. This
analogy between pumpkins and Christians is spot on.
God
chooses us to be Christians and to be with Him in life, just like picking a
pumpkin from a patch. It is hard work. None are perfect even if you look hard
and long. Sometimes you need help to find the right pumpkin but once you find
one it is the best one because it is yours. This is the same with God choosing
us; he takes a long time and with the help of people like our parents and
pastors. We are than picked to become a child of God and become special because
God picked us no matter what our flaws are.
While
we wash off the pumpkins dirt, God washes us. I view this as us being baptized.
Once we are picked we get baptized in water and word.
We
have to remove all the yucky stuff from the pumpkin after we cut the top off.
This is always the messiest part because it gets everywhere on your arms and on
the table and sometimes ends on the floor. This is when God removes all the bad
in us. Our sins are removed, forgiven, revealing the parts that are needed for
the end results. God will take out all the doubt we have about anything and
ourselves, hate we have for others, and greed we have toward stuff we want
rather then need.
At
the end after all the dirty work is done we get to carve a beautiful face in
the pumpkin and let it shine for others to see. God puts the final touches on
us and helps us have a positive attitude and encourages us to put on a smiling
face. Then God shows us off to the world. He allows us to put ourselves out
there and share our talents with others that are around us.
We
are like pumpkins. We are the pumpkins and the carver is God. He carves our lives
and makes us new. He is amazing.
That is such a great analogy, thanks for sharing!
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