Pastor Steve asked the students in his youth group to the church kitchen. There they noticed three pots of boiling water on the stove.
"Amanda," Pastor Steve began, "I want you to toss carrots in the first pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the last pot."
She did, and no one said a word as the contents boiled. Pstor Steve asked Derrick and Marci to read some specific Scriptures. About 20 minutes later, Pastor Steve fished out the carrots, eggs and coffee and placed each in a bowl. Turning to Amanda, he said, "what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied flatly.
PAstor STeve brought her a little closer and asked her to feel the carrots. As she did, she noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. AFter peeling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. "I don't get it, Pastor Steve," she said. "what does this mean?"
"Each of these faced the same adversity - boiling water - but each reacted differently. When you tossed the carrot into the pot, it went in strong, hard and unrelenting. But after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became week
"You then placed a fragile egg into the boiling water. AFter sitting in the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, weren't they? After they were boiling in the boiling water, they
changed the water."
Amanda swallowed the lump in her throat. Pastor Steve turned to the youth group. "which are you? When tough times knock on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"
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