All The Seeds Came From The Same Package

I'm still stressing over that green pumpkin, sitting out among all of my orange ones.....

It is quite beautiful, however, why is it green?? What did I do wrong????

I planted the best quality seeds......it came from the same package as the orange ones....And as I was outside, pondering on this.....it hit me that raising this pumpkin is so much like raising children.....at least for me and something I experienced a little while back with one of my children. My children all came from the best quality seeds, and I prepared their foundation and growing space with the utmost care. Watching over every little aspect of their growing cycles.......and then, one of them turned......

different......

turning so different than the others, that it broke my heart and made me cry out to God......why????.. I did my best.... I planted all the seeds from the same package...ORANGE ...not green.....I don't understand Lord.....why???

Of course, as we all know, the good Lord works in ways that we can't possibly understand until a bit of time has passed.....

And He says......"wait......I am not finished with this one yet.".....
and as I turned the pumpkin over....I discovered that it is turning orange.....in it's own time....for whatever reason.....

and so I will watch over this different pumpkin and care for it just like the orange ones..... I won't cut it off or toss it out of my garden........in it's own way....it is unique....
And just like in raising children....I don't know what the whole outcome will be......I do know I tried to do my best in raising them......but God has His finger prints on them and His plan all laid out for them.....even if it isn't the way I planned it. And as for my one that turned, God has worked miracles and I say "now I see!...it was their destiny and God's plan!" And that difference.....made all of the difference in the world and for what they are now doing.



Just when my hope died, God turned it around.....in His timing....
in His way.
If you find yourself struggling.....with a green pumpkin....just know that the good Lord knows it's green and He knows the reason... and in His way....He will turn it around for the good.