POPCORN

This was one of my most favorite journey's!
I loved it when David sold his "Trail's End" popcorn. for the Boy Scouts! It was some of the very best popcorn, because it didn't leave a lot of kernels, but gave you a wonderful and tasty popped popcorn taste!
The one thing about popcorn, is that it is nothing but a kernel, until you place it over a flame of fire. It is the intense heat that causes the popcorn to explode into what makes it so wonderful. (Just imagine what that kernel must feel like though!) Only when the heat is applied do we see its full potential!(Or rather taste its full potential!)
The developing Christian is a lot like that kernel! We can be plain ole kernel's, (folks) until we are placed under the fire of affliction, and then God promises and His plans for us, and when the heat is intensified, we will pop forth as new creatures in Christ! We will become the new creatures that He so deemed us to be all along!
Some popcorn is salty to taste; some sweet tasting; some real syrupy, and some is even color coated. I'd say that popcorn has a lot in common with the human race, wouldn't you? We can be filled with God's word and fun to be with! Salt is used as a preservative, and I can't think of anything better than for us to preserve the word of God, than by popping forth and just "doing it"!
Becky