Carrots, Eggs,
& Coffee- How does God See You Today?
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never
look at a cup of coffee the same way again.
A young woman went to her mother and told her about
her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was
going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and
struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three
pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil.
In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last
she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a
word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners.
She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out
and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled out the coffee beans and placed them
in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'
'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel
the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the
daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed
the hard boiled egg.
Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the
coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then
asked,
'What does it mean, mother?'
Her mother explained that 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 in the boiling
water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique,
however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When
adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or
a coffee bean?
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems
strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my
strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but
changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup,
a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff?
Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a
stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I 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. If you are like the bean,
when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation all around
you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate
yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an
egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough
hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best
of everything; they just make the most of everything that God gives them and everything
that comes their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten
past; you can't go forward in life until you are willing repent of your past
failures and your heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone
around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is
smiling and everyone around you is crying.
You might want to send this message to those people
who mean something to you, or to those who have touched your life for the
good. You might want to send this
message to those people who have stuck by you and made you smile when you
really need it. You also might want to send this message to those people who have
made you see the brighter side of things when you were really down. You might want to send this message to those people
whose friendship you appreciate and to those who have become meaningful in your
life.
If you don't send this message to them, you will miss
out on the opportunity to brighten someone's day with this story!
May we all be COFFEE in God’s eyes!!!!!!!
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