When did seeds in fruit become 'inconvenient?'
I mean, honestly...
Is that not, after all, the point?
Eat it. Replenish it. The circle of life.
I have thought about this since our last playdate.
I bought a seedless watermelon. Thinking it would put the mothers of the very young at ease.
If there were no seeds to choke on, no one would worry about it.
(In the end, it didn't matter because I bought a rotten watermelon and had to throw it away.)
But I started thinking about it that evening as I lay on my bed, drifting off to sleep.
Who thought of that?
Seedless fruit.
And what kind of mad skills must someone have to remove the seeds from fruit without leaving a huge gash in it? I joke.
But so much technology must go into breeding and crossbreeding this hybrid called "seedless."
What are we after?
Will there come a time when all that is left is that one last watermelon? (referring to the do-do birds on the movie ice age... good flick...)
All because we removed the very thing that life needed to sustain itself for the sake of convenience?
Have we become a people so fraught with the 'necessity' of convenience that we can no longer appreciate the true necessity of replenishing?
What will they think of next - pitless peaches?
I began to liken myself to the seedless fruit: the church (community of believers) to the vine.
I have been the seedless watermelon.
Once cut away from the vine, I would grow no more. And once whatever sweet pulp I had had been used up, there would be no more. No seeds for future use. For growth. Although the fruit itself was good, what is left is meaningless without the seed.
I guess in the end, I'd rather find the balance.
Lord, let me not be content to wither on the vine (or fade into the pew).
But please Lord, while I remain on the vine, let seeds be instilled in my soul.
Seeds of usefulness. Seeds of purpose. Seeds for replenishing.
Let me not become that rotten seedless watermelon, whose purpose was best served fermenting in the bottom of my trash can.
If I have something, anything that is of use, USE ME...
11 comments:
Sweetheart - you just spit-spit-spit the seeds. Besides the seedless watermelons are so yummy! USUALLY. This was a "thinking thingee just for you". You are precious!
Good word and analogy......I too do not want to be a "seedless" piece of fruit......
Speaking of the "seedless watermelon". I am thankful that you noticed it was rotten. That would not have been a very fun playdate with a bunch of drunk watermelon lovin kids everywhere:)
Oh ya, I like the new look. Its kind of oriental. The new blog look that is.
Are your kiddio's home yet? Hope all is well.
love this, as usual.
What happened to the beautiful RED blog? Loved that color.
yes, Lord, use me as you see fit.
you are not seedless. you plant seeds everywhere you go. you have definitely been a seed in my life.
love the new color.
love ya,
girl
You are definetly not seedless or fruitless! You are flowing with love and encoraging seeds. Yes the seeds in the watermelon are so annoying sometimes, but it does remind us that with the seeds being there, there is more fruit come. So I say thank you Jesus for the seeds and for A who you allow to produce good fruit in her words and actions. I like the last melon comment that was cute.
That watermellon may have been rotten, but somewhere along the line, good seeds were being planted and I believe even the seedless do have just a few seeds in them, or at least that's been my finding. If they were planted, even from the bad melon, I think they would have produced good fruit. Just like Christ does with us - He uses every bit of the good He possibly can. You have Christ in you, therefore you are spreading wonderful seeds. AND... This color I really, really like!
Wonderful thoughts thanks
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