Green Bananas.

Love is the river that flows through

Love is the arms that are holding you

Love is the place you will fly to

Love never fails you

Brandon Heath.

have you ever eaten a banana before it was ripe? worst thing ever. i mean,  a banana is a solid piece of fruit, amen? so why would we want to ruin it by eating it before its ripe? yet for some reason, we do it. all the time. we want that banana. it's in our minds and now we want nothing else but it. shouldnt we just wait for it to be ripe? or maybe, heaven forbid, that banana just isnt for our lips to taste. "No! Blasphemy! It has to be!" and we cling tightly to the green banana, peel it even though it puts up a very respectful fight, and eat it. 

ewe! its sour, and bitter, and just gross. not what we pictured at all. so why do we always eat it?

well. recently i had a pretty unique experience. i saw a green banana, peeled it, ate it, and it tasted like a ripe banana........ !?!?!?! i know right? insane in the membrane. but i could still see that it was green. it wasnt ripe, even though it tasted like it was. it makes putting that banana down and walking away that much harder. i felt like God was watching me and just laughing and my complex. like He was standing right next to me, just watching my face twist up with a thousand different emotions. i was probably making ridiculously attractive facial expressions........but He was so exited when i put it back down! and once i started to realize what i had done, how i had succumbed to the lovely fruit from the forbidden tree, i could do nothing but look at Him, and He so very willingly just opens His arms and smiles, and calls me to Him. 

no matter what i do, He always takes  me back. i cant wrap my mind around it. to have that much Grace. Patience. Love. it never fails.

also, just for clarification, the whole banana deal is a metaphor. im actually VERY positive that its completely impossible t0 have a real green banana taste good. they're impossible to peel. greatgreat. 

loveyoubunchesbye!=]