Strawberry Picking: A Kristi Kreme Post.

Wow, am I tired today! Yesterday I went strawberry picking with my mom, sister-in-law and my four nieces. It was a wonderful time with family, enjoying the beautiful outdoors. We picked 22 gallon buckets of strawberries.

When picking strawberries, you have to be very careful how you pick them. If you just grab the berry and pull, you usually end up with the berry missing its little leafy cap. A strawberry loses its sweet flavor quicker without its little ‘cap’.

If you pull without holding on to the stem, you sometimes end up with the berry and the stem with leaves attached and possibly little green berries. You definitely don’t want to do this. The plant needs a chance to continue growing and producing.

Sometimes life is like this. We have to be very careful when picking; whether it’s picking friends, picking jobs and careers, choosing how to spend our time.

We don’t want to be too harsh or quick, or we may end up choosing unwisely and suffering the consequences. We can also pick or choose too much and get over-worked and burned out.

The best course of action to take when picking or choosing the important things in life is to stop and pray first. Wait on God to give you His answer. Trust Him to talk to you. Know that He wants what’s best for us. All we have to do is ask Him and allow Him to have input in our life’s decisions.