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What is iHub? [carrot, egg or coffee bean]

A certain daughter complained to her father...

She was tired of fighting and struggling.

It seemed that just as one problem was solved another arose.

Her father... three pots with water and placed the fire on high.

Soon the three pots came to a boil.

In one he placed carrots, in the other he placed eggs,
and the last he placed ground coffee beans.

He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.

In half an hour... pulled the carrots out and placed them in a bowl.

He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.

Then he ladled the coffee out and placed the liquid in a bowl.

Turning to her he asked, Darling what do you see?"

... she asked, "What does it mean Father?"

He explained. Each of them faced the same adversity,
212 degrees of boiling water.

However, each reacted differently.

The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting.
But after going through boiling water,
it softened and became weak.

The egg was fragile.
A thin outer shell protected a liquid center.
But after sitting through the boiling water,
its inside became hardened.

The coffee beans... became stronger and richer.

"Which are you," he asked his daughter.

"When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond?

Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?

Are you the carrot that seems hard,
but with the smallest amount of pain, adversity or heat
you wilt and become soft with no strength.

Are you the egg, which starts off with a malleable heart,
a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a divorce, or a layoff
you became hardened and stiff. Your shell looks the same,
but you are so bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and heart.

Or are you like the coffee bean?
The bean does not get its peak flavor and robust until it reaches
212 degrees Fahrenheit. When the water gets the hottest,
it just tastes better. When things are their worst, you get better.
When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest,
your worship elevates to another level.

How do you handle adversity?

What is iHub, a carrot, an egg, a coffee bean
or
a dozen Kristy Kreem donutes :o)