ORANGES

I'm one of those rare individuals who love to eat the orange peel!
When people ask me why, I have to tell them, that when I was a little girl, I lived next to an orange grove, and we "weren't" suppose to go in it. When you have three older brothers, though, they can talk you into doing a lot of things you aren't suppose to do, and going into the orange grove next door, was one of them! If we weren't going to leave any trace of us being in there, I had to learn to eat the entire orange......so I did!
After all these years, I like the inside, but the outside is just as good to me!
When you look at a person, it's important to see what's on the inside as well as the outside. ...."As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." What he reflects deep in his heart, he will reflect on the outside. If you are excited about the Lord, your face won't carry a sour expression all the time!
Just as you would wash an orange of its dirty face, before you use it,
you will wash yourself before you go out in public too.....
You need to first cleanse your self from any unwanted sin. Then touch your cheeks with the blush of God's saving grace so they will glow with thanksgiving. Highlight a little color around your eyes, so that you can see His image more clearly.
You might not get as much juice out of a squeezed person as you would an orange, but when Christ squeezes them with His Love, you get premium quality!
Becky