After a long pause, the old man replied, I m going to pick the fruit and burn the rest. I'm going to pick the fruit and burn the rest. That means I am going to wring the good from this sad event and then get on with life. When hard things are hard, if we will tell our story and embrace our hope, then we just might be able to pick the fruit from the hard thing, burn the rest, and get on with life. Pick the fruit, and then burn the rest.
Hard things are hard.
Hard things will find their way into my life and yours. We will tell our story. We will embrace our hope. 3 John Claypool, lecture, Mercer University Theological Institute, Macon GA, April 1990. Inc. All rights reserved.