Dec 03 2008
Life is Like…
I believe life is like a bowl of cherries. My friend, Casey, bought me a very large bag of fresh, plump cherries the other day, and I’ve been enjoying them every day for lunch and late evening snacks. Today I crushed some up in a bowl of vanilla yogurt, creating my own pretty pink dessert that I ate while my brother Kevan read Tolkien to me. The irony of munching on a bowl full of cherries hit me today, especially as I had to weed out a few that had gone mushy and were beginning to rot. I realized cherries (the real kind) don’t last very long and should be enjoyed when they are the sweetest. And so my metaphor of life and cherries remains true, and I continue to expand on it as I learn and grow:
Life is sweet, despite the pits… but it is not forever - we are given only this moment in time. So drink deeply of its richness, savor its goodness, and remember even the pits serve a purpose - they help us grow, they create opportunities for new blessings, and they remain to keep count the many times we’ve experienced God’s faithfulness.
