Manna from Heaven

I actually forget that cantaloupe is one of my favorite fruits, or maybe my Very favorite, until it is in season and you find them everywhere.  Then I remember.  Cantaloupe!  Must. Have. Some.  David and I went to Whole Foods one evening, which was a treat because we are never on that side of town, and we went there to get one thing, Brazil nuts.  Let's face it, how many times do you go to the grocery store to get just one thing and actually walk out with only one thing?  OK, that was the case here.  We walk through the produce...my favorite part of Whole Foods by the way...and I gaze at all the beautiful and fresh fruit.  And there is was.  Caught me off guard.  I gasped...maybe squealed a little bit.  Locally Grown & Organic, Oklahoma Cantaloupe!!  I didn't know they grew those here!  I am totally having one!  The first one I picked up smelled so good (on the spot where the vine attached) and it was heavy for its size.  Hey...I've been listening to those Food Network shows.  The next morning, I cut that baby open.  It was so juicy on my cutting board.  My hands were sticky and wet when I was finished.  I put it in a bowl and savored each juicy bite.  It was like having a small glass of water with each piece.  So delicious!  I took a picture on my Iphone of by bowl o'Loupe and texted it to David.  I was then quickly reprimanded for "premature cantaloupe consumption!"  I really could have eaten that whole thing while sitting in front of some TV show...but then where would my marriage be?  Hmmmm, guess I'll save some for hubby too!  That night as David and I finished it off...that cold, juicy, sweet, ripe,organic piece of heaven...it got me thinking.  Cantaloupe is a super-food, according to Dr. Oz at least, meaning it is Jam Packed with healthy stuff, super-concentrated in one fruit.  And where did this food come from?  It's not anything that man made.  It came from a seed.  A seed.  A seed that sprouted in its own mysterious way and grew into a flowering vine that bloomed these huge balls.  Balls of deliciousness, with the fruit safely protected inside.  Not just any fruit...but fruit that strengthens and protects the human body, protects it from cancer cells, nourishes it with vitamins, strengthens it with energy!  As I'm eating this fruit, I'm imagining God populating the earth with these balls o'deliciousness...because He loves us.  What a weird fruit, grown in a weird way, given like Manna from Heaven.  We didn't design it, we can't create it.  He came up with it, and he sprouts it out of the ground right on time, every year, just for us.  And it just "so happens" to have so much of what the body needs to be at optimum health.  Thank you Jesus for showing me your love and care for me through a cantaloupe!