"The Pumpkin"

A lady had recently been baptized. One of her co-workers asked her

what it was like to be a Christian. She was caught off guard

and didn't know how to answer; but when she looked up she

saw a jack-o-lantern on the desk and answered: "It's like being

a pumpkin." The co-worker asked her to explain.

"Well, God picks you from the patch and brings you in and washes

off all the dirt on the outside that you got from being around

all the other pumpkins. Then he cuts off the top and takes

out all the yucky stuff from inside. He removes all those seeds

of doubt, hate, greed, etc. Then he carves you a new smiling

face and puts his light inside you to shine for all to see. It

is our choice to either stay outside and rot on the vine, or come

inside and be something new and bright."

I'll never look at a pumpkin the same way again!

-Author Unknown