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"When
you become a Christian God begins to mold you into what
He wants you to be.
It is
almost like making a pumpkin pie.
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The Pumpkin Pie
Author: Pat Aman
Copyright September 30, 2006
God takes a
Pumpkin from the field and turns it
Into the most wonderful pumpkin pie that you have ever
tasted.
God
picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all
the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and
scoops out all the yucky stuff, which are seeds of doubt, hate, and greed.
Then He adds a little vanilla from the orchid, and just
the right amount of sugar to make us sweet, and a little
salt to give us flavor.
And a dash of ginger so we will smell the sweet aroma of
life. By adding this special spice it will invigorate us
to do His work, and live life with enthusiasm.
He then adds cloves from the Evergreen tree. This
will help us to always be optimistic, and know that if
we are His children we will have everlasting life,
because the Evergreen tree always stays green, no matter
how hot are cold it gets. No matter how bad the storm
is, it stands tall and green.
Because God did not want us to be dull and live a
hum-drum life, He added a little All Spice, which is
made up from a berry, and taste like several spices. So
this way we will be willing to experience new and
exciting things, and enjoy all the spices of life.
Then He added some cinnamon, that comes from the dried
inner bark of several trees or shrubs of the laurel
family. You see,
this will give us just enough roughness to handle the
tough times with a sure and strong attitude.
And of course He had to add a
little flour, because the flour is what He needed to
grind and sift us to get out all of our
impurities.
Then He added just enough undiluted evaporated
milk, which is thickened by evaporation to half its
weight, and then sterilized because He knew He needed to
remove all of the heaviness and waste out of our lives
that would keep us from living a abundant life.
And of course He added a couple of eggs. One of
the eggs would remind us not to put all our eggs in one
basket, because if we did we soon would fail completely.
The second egg would show us that God is egging us on,
to accomplish our life's goals and be all that He
intends us to be.
God then decided He needed to add just a little
water to dilute us, so we would not be so prideful and
think we know all the answers. That way we would still
seek Him for advice and direction.
After
He adds all the ingredients He puts us in the fire and bakes us on high
to refine and purify, us, just as the Silversmith does with silver.
And
then He opens the doors to our heart to check to see if we are done;
and if He can see His image in us, He takes us out of the oven and
smiles.
For God knows His recipe for life always comes out just right. For you see, God does make mistakes.
And Now We Know That We Are His
Children.
You see, we have been
willing to be made into a perfection of God's Love.
~Pat
Aman
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Blessings, Love, and Prayers,
Pastor Pat Aman
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