Onions and Bananas

There it was.
I found it at the dollar store near the flower stems and the artificial fruit and vegetables.

I had been looking for this for quite a while.
It was for my oldest daughter.

An onion.

I could have gone into my pantry and pulled out a real one, but this onion was different.
This onion was to go on her dresser as a reminder.

I thought back to the old game…if you were a fruit or vegetable, which one would you be?

Onions and Bananas seemed to cover it.
One is no better than the other, just uniquely different, by God’s design.

Bananas are a bit more obvious.
You pull back the peel and you see what is inside.
Bananas are not terribly hard to figure out.

But the onion…
Multi-layered.
Takes time to get to know.
Peel back the layer, only to find another layer underneath.

It is good to be an onion.

The world likes bananas.
It is easy to deal with them.
One question, and you get your answer.
No surprises.

But an onion takes time.
No easy one word answers to your questions.
One layer pulled back…another layer revealed.

Conversations with an onion will go on for a while.
It takes time to peel back layer after layer to get to the core.
But what a priceless gift you find when you finally reach the center.

We live in a sitcom generation, where the end of the show resolves everything.
But an onion is a mini-series…chapters telling the story over time.

The onion I gave her still sits on her dresser.
She loves it.
So do I.
What flavor an onion brings out in even the most mundane food.

What kind of fruit or vegetable are you?

Embrace the uniqueness of God’s culinary skill.
Take time to savor the recipe He has created in you and those you love.
Peel back the layers.
Take the time to get to the center.
What a priceless gift is waiting to be found.

Happy Birthday, Erin !!!

O Lord, You have searched me and You know me…Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139: 1,23,24)

 

2 responses to “Onions and Bananas”

1. I will always keep that Dollar Store onion…it is very special to me for what it means. Thank you for knowing my layers! 🙂
   I love you!

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   • My sweet Erin…
     You and your layers are very precious to me !!!
     I love you.
     MOM

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