Sunday, October 29, 2006

Cookies and Tomatoes

Too many people treat love like they treat cookies. If they have ten cookies, and ten people they can give it to, they will only give it to a few people. They need some cookes for themselves, and then only their close friends can have the leftovers. In the same way, some people feel that they only have enough love for themselves and their closest friends. What they do not realize is that God made love to be more like tomatoes. My dad grows tomatoes and it seems that no matter how much we give them away we're always stuck with more than we need. We give them to friends, family.. even our neighbors whom we never talk to. And yet, we still have too many! Love is the same way. The more you give it away, the more you find you have. God made love to be shared, not hoarded and only given to those we deem worthy. Love is meant to give to everyone, and as you give it away, you'll be surprised by what a difference it makes in your life and the lives of others.

6 comments:

Addison Todd said...

Ruth. Props to an informative, interesting, engaging, and all around great post.

Silly Fudge-eater said...

Thanks! *can't stop smiling*

Ancalime said...

Oh, I love how your mind works. :)

<3

Smnthers said...

*smile* I get the tommy-toes analogy {sp?}. We had soooo many tomatoes this year...me gootness...*sigh* *tomatoes coming out of ears* *grin*

dave said...

tomatoes coming out of sam's ears would look interesting O.o;;

Silly Fudge-eater said...

hahaha.. Sam. When you said tommy-toes, I immediately thought of tommy.. as in my brother. It took a while to realize what you really meant.