My Little Corner of the Universe

Last night we had the Ministry School and a lil Abby had her first participation in the second school. It was pretty packed in back there. It was my mom's part but Abby, who is like 12 years old, was playing the "daughter". It turned out so good and so cute that before an applause could be asked for, someone started it. Her mom was even recording it! Obviously she was proud, as was the grandmother and uncle that were present. And more so, was Jehovah.

It was a nice and encouraging moment, enough to write about.

A Circuit Overseer gave this illustration in his talk:

A young boy and his father were sitting at the table, and the boy was looking at his father eat a bowl of green olives. He loved green olives. "Mmm", he went every few minutes. So, the boy got curious and started to pick green olives from his father's bowl. He put one in his mouth and almost immediately spit it out. "Yuck!" he said in disgust, for the olive was obviously bitter and sour. His father just smiled and kept on eating. "Mmm." So, the kid tried it again. But the same results. "Yuck!" His father smirked again and kept munching. So, the kid looked into the bowl, carefully picked out one and popped it in his mouth. "Yuck!" Then he continued, "It's not fair! You're picking all the good ones!"

Olives have an acquiring taste, right? It's not something that'll be yummy right away.

Olives, like some personalities, need time to acquire it's taste. Of course, there are many types of personalities and some may not be compatible with ours AT FIRST. It would require effort from our part to make it work. And like that kid, over time, he came to love olives.