Perfect Pumpkin (Pack Of 25), The

Saturday morning John and Maddie raced to the van. They couldn't wait to get to the pumpkin patch. 'Today I'm going to find the perfect pumpkin!' Maddie said.When they arrived at the farm, there were hundreds and hundreds of pumpkins! All different colors and shapes and sizes. Big ones, small ones. Round ones, long ones. Orange, yellow, and green ones. Maddie didn't know where to begin. She was surprised that most of the pumpkins had funny bumps and weren't round and smooth like she had hoped. She kept looking for the perfect pumpkin, but most of them had spots or they were too small or not orange enough.Maddie looked over at Josh. He hadn't found the perfect pumpkin either. Finally Mom called, 'Come on, kids! It's time to go. Just pick one!'Maddie cried, 'I can't find a perfect pumpkin. They all have something wrong with them!'On their way home with their pumpkins, the kids talked about searching for 'the perfect pumpkin.' Their mother said, 'You know, just like there's no such thing as the perfect pumpkin, there's no such thing as the perfect person.'Mom continued, 'We're not perfect because God's book, the Bible, says 'all have sinned' (Romans 3:23). Sins are bad things we say, disobedient things we do, and wrong things we think. And the Bible also says our sins have serious consequences. But God loves us. In fact, he loves us so much that he sent his perfect Son, Jesus-who never sinned-to die on a cross to take the punishment for our sins. And three days later

Ditchfield, Christin