-Feel the carrots. Note that they are soft. -Take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, observe the hard-boiled egg. -Sip the coffee. Taste its richness and savored its aroma. What is common with each of these? Each of these objects had faced the same adversity — boiling water. Each reacted differently.
The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they changed the water. “Which are you?” “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?” Are you the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do you wilt and become soft and lose you strength? Are you the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Does your shell look the same, but on the inside are you bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart? Or are you like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor that was inside it all along. If you are like the coffee bean, when things are at their worst; you become even better and change the situation around you. I don’t have to tell any of y’all this. Y’all know this probably better than I do. College is crazy - Life happens. It’s overwhelming, and things don’t go the way we think they should, most of the time. But instead of getting frustrated, overwhelmed, and fearing what the future will hold; instead of viewing life in that moment and our mixed up plans as an ordeal, trust Him. Be excited to see what He will do; anxious for the adventure of your life that awaits. Changing the perspective from ourselves and how we think life should go, and onto Him and how He made it. God will not permit any troubles to come upon us unless He has a specific plan by which a great blessing can come out of the difficulty - Peter Marshall Whether you like it or not, where you are right now, He put you there. He had a reason for it. He allows what happens in your life to happen, and there are things He desires for you to learn from it. So when things are crazy, accept the challenge, and get ready for the adventure… cause it’s gonna be a blast. God didn’t bring you this far to abandon you. He is faithful. And following HIm will lead you to the best life you could ever ask for, despite the “bad things” you may face in the process. ...Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle [is] not yours, but God's. 2 Chronicles 20.15 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Joshua 1.9 Every situation in our life causes us to change. When faced with a situation whether bad or good, you will not come out the same. You will change either for the better, or the worse. You can face circumstances like a carrot and seem strong on the outside, but with pain and adversity you will wilt, become soft, and lose your strength? Do you face life as an egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Your shell looks the same, but on the inside you are bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart. Or do you face life as the coffee bean? Actually changing the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, what’s inside will come out. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst; you become even better and change the situation around you. You realize that your strength is not your own, drawing from the Lord’s supply daily. And you stay teachable and moldable to what the Lord is trying to teach you. I have been guilty of all three at times, but the latter is the goal. So I will ask once more, Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?
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