Marble Or Grape?

Christians can be like a sack of marbles - unfeeling, unloving, just clacking against each other as they go through life. Or, they can be caring people - like a sack of grapes pressing together to provide a soft, loving place to cushion and comfort each other from the hard crushes of life...
The next time you talk to someone who's hurting and needing some comfort, decide who you'd rather be: a soft, comfortable grape, part of God's refreshing vineyard, or a hard, clacking marble, oblivious to those who are being crushed right before your eyes.

- Barbara Johnson in "So, Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and Be Happy!"