A child who came to a Harvest Festival in a rural church was intrigued by some green things in a basket. They were pea pods, and the person who brought them into church showed her how to shell the peas. The child was amazed and asked, 'How did you know they were there?' The gardener then told the child that there were many hidden treasures provided by God in nature: potatoes and carrots live underground, peas and nuts are contained in pods and shells. The gardener pointed out that animals know where to find God's hidden treasures, and thought it sad that many people don't know the same things.
The child thought about it and said that people could recognise the beauty inside other people as God does, and was also sad if that got missed or overlooked. (Out of the mouths ......)
(From Re-shaping rural ministry: a theological and practical handbook)
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