I love this quote from Hannah Whitall Smith..."The apple in June is the perfect apple for June; it is the best apple that June can produce; but it is very different from the apple in October, which is a perfected apple. GOD's works are perfect in every stage of the apples growth."
Now let's think about this.
When GOD looks at that apple in June. That apple that's hanging on the tree....that's still growing and changing and not yet perfected...not yet complete..or fully ripe..not yet mature...what do yo think HE sees? Do you think He sees...not quite...not good enough...too immature...way imperfect...lacking and incomplete...is that what HE sees?
NO! You know better than that. This is HIS creation...HIS plan...HIS planting...HIS design...His season. HE looks at that apple in JUNE and HE says "Perfect! Just where you're supposed to be. Just what you're supposed to be doing. Just what you're supposed to be looking like. Just how you're supposed to be maturing. You are right on MY time line...and you are so beautiful!"
Sometimes we ladies expect ourselves to be way over here...when in reality we are plopped right where we are. We hang on the tree of life an apple in JUNE, cause that is the season of growth we are in, and we see ourselves as so lacking, so incomplete, so imperfect that we damage ourselves from the inside out...causing discontentment and unnecessary heartache.
Whatever season of growth you are in today ladies...stop and ponder Hannah's above quote. And remember...GOD's works are perfect in every stage of your growth. You are right on HIS timeline...and you are so beautiful.
Now let's think about this.
When GOD looks at that apple in June. That apple that's hanging on the tree....that's still growing and changing and not yet perfected...not yet complete..or fully ripe..not yet mature...what do yo think HE sees? Do you think He sees...not quite...not good enough...too immature...way imperfect...lacking and incomplete...is that what HE sees?
NO! You know better than that. This is HIS creation...HIS plan...HIS planting...HIS design...His season. HE looks at that apple in JUNE and HE says "Perfect! Just where you're supposed to be. Just what you're supposed to be doing. Just what you're supposed to be looking like. Just how you're supposed to be maturing. You are right on MY time line...and you are so beautiful!"
Sometimes we ladies expect ourselves to be way over here...when in reality we are plopped right where we are. We hang on the tree of life an apple in JUNE, cause that is the season of growth we are in, and we see ourselves as so lacking, so incomplete, so imperfect that we damage ourselves from the inside out...causing discontentment and unnecessary heartache.
Whatever season of growth you are in today ladies...stop and ponder Hannah's above quote. And remember...GOD's works are perfect in every stage of your growth. You are right on HIS timeline...and you are so beautiful.