Mythical Birdie
Greek mythology tells of a bird that rises from its own ashes to live again. They call this kind of bird a pheonix.
Personally, I’ve never seen a pheonix, nor have I seen any bird rise up from the ashes of its own dead body – not even that turkey we burned to a crisp one year. I’ve seen some chicken go up in flames, but once the ashes were cleaned out of the grill, that was it.
So, when it comes to freshly-feathered foul flying from the fire, I’m kinda skeptical.
But when it comes to pumpkins, that’s a different story.
Mysterious Gourd
If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I might have thought some muffaletta-munching Greek had been up to another one of his tall tells. Yet, there it was, right there, smack dab in the middle of our burn pit… a pumpkin!
You see, down in a field we have a place where we burn stuff like wood and brush, and the occasional box of paperwork that’s too sensitive too be trusted to a shredder. When not being used as document destroyer, the pit is perfect for cookouts and hanging out while listening to the crackling of the fire on a cool night.
What the fire pit is NOT used for is a garden. On top of that, the last time the fire pit was used, no produce was harmed and no seeds were sown. As a matter of fact the last thing that was torched was about a hundred pounds of sensitive files and a couple of trash bags filled with shredded bills.
So where on earth did the pumpkin come from? Charlie Brown?
Don’t Lose Hope
Here’s the thing: you never know what might unexpectedly spring up from the ashes. Even your wildest imagination may fail to prepare you for what might grow out of the remains of total decimation.
It might be nothing like anything that was burned, not even remotely, but it will have been planted by God and nourished by what you thought was worthless.
I literally don’t know where that pumpkin could have come from or how it managed to grow. However, later on, when I’m eating pumpkin pie, I’ll be thanking the Lord it was a gourd that rose from the ashes, and not a pheonix…
The last thing you want to eat is a regenerating hot wing!
