Then, something REALLY exciting happened: The pumpkin got a new face!

“We all show the Lord’s glory, and we are being changed to be like him.”
2 Corinthians 3:18

The farmer carved a triangle for each eye.

Pumpkins have eyes that don’t blink or turn away. They see everything!

“The eye is a light for the body. If your eyes are good, then your whole body will be full of light.”
Matthew 6:22

He neatly carved

a little square for a nose,

and then a big, w-i-d-e smile.

“Happiness makes a person smile.”
Proverbs 15:13

What happened next was wonderful.

The farmer put a small, white candle down inside the pumpkin and touched the wick with a flame.

How that pumpkin glowed!

“God once said, ‘Let the light shine out of the darkness!’
And this is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts.”
2 Corinthians 4:6

As the sky grew darker, the pumpkin on the porch was shining brighter than ever.

When people saw the smiling pumpkin, they smiled back!

“In the same way, you should be a light for other people.
Live so that they will see the good things you do.
Live so that they will praise your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 5:16

All the neighbors knew that, once again, the farmer had turned a simple pumpkin into a simply glorious sight.

In the same way, God the Father offers his children the chance to be made new, full of joy and full of light, shining like stars in a dark world.

“If anyone belongs to Christ, then he is made new.
The old things have gone; everything is made new!”
2 Corinthians 5:17