Analogy.

"Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin. God picks you from the patch, brings you in and washes all the dirt off of you. He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff, and removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves you a smiling face and puts His light inside of you for all the world to see."


great theme for this time of year, but it's true and I want to pick it apart a little bit.

Ephesians 1:5 " in love he PREDESTINED us..."

"God picks you from the patch"
Another metaphor for this verse I heard was, it's like when we are kids and in PE we play dodge ball, and there's a team captain and you want to be picked because it means your good, that you're wanted. That's exactly what God's done with us. He's pointed specifically at us and said "I want you."

The whole idea of cleaning the pumpkin reminds me of the healing process we go through. Which is something I've started recently. Facing my past. It's something we all have to do, no matter how big or how small our past is, and it's a life long process, but God is there washing us, and cleansing us of that past. Of our sins.

" then he craves you a smiling face and puts his light in you to shine. "
When I hear this line I think of the joy of the Holy Spirit. God puts that joy in us, and it shines through us onto other people. Who wonder what the joy is, and it's God's light, because he has cleansed the yuckiness and given us freedom, given us this joy that we can go and share with other on how God has freed us, and how he can and WANTS to free everyone.