Just a pineapple.

Pineapple.
They are everywhere here.
So cheap. So available. So wonderful.
But it was just one pineapple today that put life into perspective for me today.
Yes, a pineapple.
Sounds silly, right?
Please, let me explain.

Pineapple is one of my favorite fruits. They are so unique in their flavor.
And just so beautiful and exotic looking inside and out.
And pineapple is just one of many kinds of fruits in the world.
No one on earth invented them.
No one person thought up their flavor.
No one person on earth thought up their cool design on the inside and out.
Not one person here on earth thought up each intricate part of a pineapple.
No one.
And yet, they are so unique.
So perfect.
I know that all of you reading this may not believe in a Creator.
But just bear with me, if you will.
Pineapples are so specifically designed and so perfectly put together.
And they don't even have souls.
They are just a....thing.
But this pineapple, came from the very intricate and very perfect mind of a creator -- THE Creator.

He could have created one type of food for us. And we wouldn't even have known the difference because it would have been all we knew.
But no, through His creations, He is showing us his heart.
He is showing us His heart.
His mind for detail.
His creativity.
His bigness.
His love for humanity -- in the fact that He desires us to enjoy His vast and beautiful creation.
He loves for us to enjoy pineapples.
To acknowledge the wind as something bigger than just air that is moving.
He loves for us to see that each bird is singing in their own specific way because that is what they were CREATED to do.
Every single fruit and vegetable shows a little piece of His heart.
As silly as it may sound, it's true.
And it shows His sovereignty.
I know that its just a pineapple I'm talking about here.
And it may be a little elementary, but it was blowing my mind this morning,
Does it make sense that all of these things, a pineapple and ALL of creation, 'just happened'?
That it all just popped up one day with no personality of a Creator at all?
Well, to me it doesn't.

Every tree.
Every bird.
Every cloud and rain drop.
Every sunset, sunrise, and starry night.
Every pineapple.
Every coffee bean (haha if you're like me you are like oh yes!! Definitely this one)

They are all here to remind us of something bigger than ourselves.
To help put life into perspective when things get hard or confusing.

To remind us that God is not some distant figure.
That He is here.
Alive and active.
In the wind -- allowing it to blow.
And that He is beautiful.
The very originator of beauty and creativity.
And to remind us that if he cares about the beautiful design of a pineapple, how much more, then, does he care about us?
His beloved creation. His people.
In His image.
He cares. More than we can fathom!
And He is in the plants, rains, winds, and everything else alive on this planet and universe.
He is there whispering, or even shouting, that He loves us -- fiercely loves us more than all of these things.
And He desires to know us -- to use us.
Me and You.
He is just so in control.
Isn't it amazing and exciting that there is a God bigger than us that we get to live for.
My word, what I sad day it would be if I was the only one to live for.
Where is the adventure in that, anyways?

The Creator of our very spirits -- madly cares about us.

"...What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey Him."  Matthew 8:27

May this NEVER stop blowing our minds.



Perspective. This is what a little pineapple taught me today.

Much love :)