God's Mysteries

"God's Mysteries" photo by Sally L. Smith

 ...he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,..

Ephesians 1:9 NIV
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There are a lot of mysteries in the world and the persimmon is one of them.  It's a beautiful tree that produces these wonderful, well, persimmon-colored globes.

However, it's been a rare occasion for me to actually find one ripe enough to eat that hasn't already been sampled by a forest creature.  They say that it's OK to eat them after the first frost and we had a huge one last Sunday morning so I merrily made my way down the path to the persimmon tree in hopes of getting that once in X-number years bite of the Delicious Persimmon.  

Don't believe everything you hear or read!

Ugh!

It was mouth-wrenchingly puckery...Still!

So...I brought one home, still on the branch, to view from my kitchen table.  Seems it's the safest way to enjoy 

God's little mystery.