Bananas!!!

Bananas. I truly get joy from bananas!!! I think bananas are the perfect food! I just love the way God made bananas! And to me, they symbolize God’s perfect simplicity in a complex and chaotic world:

The banana…God’s perfect food.
It comes pre-wrapped, no washing needed.
It’s portable.
You need nothing but your hands and mouth to prepare it and eat it.
As it ripens the flavor changes, so you can pick your favorite time to eat it.
It doesn’t taste like other fruits…it tastes FATTENING!!!
It’s unique among fruits. God could definitely get a patent on this one!

Our relationship with God…perfect simplicity
It requires only one washing, but then we stay clean, even if we are dropped in the dirt once in awhile.
It is portable…we can take God with us anywhere we go.
You need nothing but your heart to prepare it and eat of it.
As you ripen, your flavor grows!
It’s not like anything else…it is completely satisfying.
It’s completely unique among other belief systems…God gives perfect grace, no human could have thought of it!

A little extra joy-burst: Another thing I love about bananas…that was my son’s FIRST word…NANA! He ate one every morning… and I would dance it across the highchair tray and sing the Sesame Street song “One Banana.” We were in the grocery store and as we passed the bananas he said it, “NANA!” I thought I was hearing things since he was only 10 ½ months old, so I went up and down a few aisles and walked past again…and he said it again. We did that several times until I was convinced!
“…I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.” Psalm 13:5