When dealing with opposition, are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?
Those of you familiar with this illustration can fill in the rest of it.
What happens to each when boiled for 20 minutes? After observing such, which one would you most want to be like? This is not from the Bible, but is still a good illustration as to how God loving people can deal with opposition to their faith.
The first two are changed by the boiling water in their texture, ect. The coffee bean remains in tact, and changes the water into a hot drink, that many enjoy.
As we face opposition, how will we react? Will we allow it to weaken our faith, or possibly harden us as the egg, while appearing the same on the outside, it is changed forever on the inside. Or will we, like the coffee bean maintain our integrity, let the opposition wash over us, and perhaps, due to our firm resolve for what is right, change the attitudes of those opposing us.
I like Noah’s Ark analogy too, though.
I think that I would like to be like the coffee bean.
Under opposition (boiling) the carrot, while flavorful softens and becomes ‘compliant’.
The egg in the same situation, while suitable for carrying on an outing, gets hard and fixed.
The coffee bean, on the other hand, blossoms and fills the area with a wonderful aroma (especially in the morning). Even if coffee is your favorite beverage, the aroma is welcome.
Yeah, I think that is what I would like to be, the more heat the greater the diffusion..
But, that’s just me.
Carrots are good for the eyes.
Coffee Bean Illustration
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