IT'S STILL ALIVE

MY KITCHEN EXPERIENCE

What a great lesson I learned yesterday from a cabbage! 

I had a pack of all ready shredded, all you have to do is mix the cabbage coleslaw mix preparing to add to my Sunday meal.  When I took it out of the refrigerator, I noticed it was black and didn't look so appealing so I threw it out. I then remembered that I had half of a cabbage from a previous menu.  So I opened up the crisper only to realize that it was not looking good from the surface at all. I was attempting to throw it away when I realized something remarkable. 

In the middle of what looked like a horrific, spoiled and rotten cabbage was a fresh new healthy cabbage springing forth. I also noticed that the cabbage though withered and black on the top was very firm. It was then I decided to save my cabbage.

I proceeded by taking off the first outer layer as I have done with lettuce purchased and just one day from the store spoiled. When I removed only half of the first layer I realized that it was good and although I took off a good piece off the top for precautionary measures only the surface was dark. I knew from previous experiences that whenever it is cut with a knife it would get dark in a couple of days. Needless to say I immediately got inspired and completed the process of my coleslaw that I wanted to make.

TODAY'S TOPIC:  THERE IS LIFE IN YOU

From reading my experience some of you may have thrown out the cabbage but I saw life and wholeness beneath the surface. Is that where this thought would come into play?

"one man's trash is another man's treasure."

Many stories have been told of people who were pronounced or presumed dead were still alive when they began moving or someone noticed some form of life in them; or have you gone to the trash and seen people taking things from the garbage that they can salvage and use.  While the owner thought it was over with it could still be put to good use.  

What about you?

Have you been judged on the surface on how you look, how different you are, how simple you appear?  Have you been thrown and tossed aside and then someone saw value in you and noticed you?  

• What was the experience like?
• What was it that caused you to spring back?
• What lesson you learn or you can share on this blog?

Like me you're probably saying, thank God I didn't give up.  When you see what God did with your mess and after a good washing of the blood of Jesus you are renewed, refreshed, revived and made into something precious and a jewel and gem of value.  

The experience was a personal journey for me as I can identify with others how it feels to be cast out and refused.  But God - His redemption and His infinite mercy and love proves to be as powerful and mighty to save as it was back in the apostle days.  HALLELUJAH!!!

Today I encourage you, don't be discouraged by people who tell you, you're worth nothing, you won't grow, your season is over, you should quit, you're old or almost dead.... 

Romans 4:19 (KJV)
And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb

Dare to believe God that there is still life in your dead situation and circumstances.  Like Abraham and Sarah the fruit is still yet within you waiting for the right time and shall come forth.  The seed of promise is yet alive even in a dead womb!

Remember, nothing can stop your growth, block your progress, hinder your advancement or promotion.  Shave off what's dead, cleanse what needs to be cleansed and change what needs to be changed.  

Salvage what's left and produce.  

THERE'S STILL LIFE IN YOU!

God Bless and Keep the Faith!

Virtuous Jewel