Have you ever considered how an onion is a metaphor for life?
Bear with me here.
Onions have many layers. There’s a super thin layer on the outside that isn’t edible and can’t be used for much. The thin outer layers are formed by the environment, and are shaped by the behavior and growth process. Usually there are 2 or 3 of these layers that go to waste.
Once we get the outer layers off, we start to get into the thicker part of the onion. This is where we find product that we can work with. This is also where we need a sharper knife and maybe some tissues. The inner layers are harder to cut through and the deeper into the onion we go, the more tears tend to develop. We also find that the person we become is much different than the person we were, much like the center of an onion, which is far from the perfectly shaped circle at the outer layers.
In our journey through life, we have multiple circumstances, and experiences that shape the layers of our personal onion. And as we get older, some of the layers get pretty thick. It’s important that we keep our layers peeled back so that we can still find the root of who we are, and so our our onion/aka life, remains healthy and productive.
2 Cor 4:16-18 says: So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
As we work through our layers, we get closer and closer to the person God wants us to be. But the thing is, it’s really hard to work through the hard things. We don’t like to cry. We don’t like to hurt. It is much easier to tread through life and stay where it’s comfortable.
When we choose to stay where it’s comfortable, we could be choosing to miss out on the prize. Tough choices are often the ones with the best consequences.
Be encouraged today. Start peeling your onion.
The good stuff is there. And you will get to it!
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