A woman was asked by her coworker, "What is it like to be a Christian?" She replied, "Its like being a pumpkin. God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff. He removes all doubt, hate and greed. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside you for all the world to see!"What do you think? Neat analogy, huh? If you've ever thought you couldn't be compared to a pumpkin, I guess you're wrong.. haha. But think about it, its true! God picks us, brings us to Him, washes us, removes things from our lives, molds us into who He created us to be, and puts His light inside us for the whole world to see. How fantastic is that?! But it doesn't just stop there - He continues His work in us. Philippians 1:6 - Being confident of this, that He who created a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ. Once we are His, He does all those things mentioned above, and then changes our lives dramatically. He continues working on us, our lives, relationships, hearts, etc., and won't stop. We can push Him away, ignore Him, try to run, but He's always there with us - because we are His. He picked us! In Psalm 139 David writes about how God knew him when he was "wrought in the lowest places of the earth," and when he was in his mothers womb, God knew every day of his life before he was even born. God knows us, loves us, and chose us.
Being a Christian is like a pumpkin! Who would've thought..
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