PICKLES...

Have you ever wondered what PICKLES, PROCESS and PURPOSE have in common? No? What about RAISINS?

Give up?

Alright, I will clue you in to my rationale. Many of you are aware of my love affair with food! However, today, I am speaking in terms of process and purpose, - - - well, more aptly, the point in between.

A pickle IS a cucumber, just like a raisin IS a grape. It is the same product, in a different form. In fact, "pickling" is a process which preserves and flavors food in a solution of brine or vinegar. Fruit may be processed the same way in a sweet solution. A raisin is a dry, sweet grape. What a contrast! Being preserved by something bitter. Comparably, the raisin, dry, yet sweet. So, do not despair when you go through a "dry" season. Discover the sweetness within the purpose that will be revealed.

What does this have to do with PURPOSE? In the Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 18, God shows the Prophet how, He is able to do with US, His children, the same as a potter molds clay. When our lives become marred or scarred by people, situations or perhaps, caused by our own doing, He doesn't discard us, but merely, reshapes and models us into whatever He desires. The PURPOSE does not become lost within the PROCESS!