Peter Piper

 

Peter Piper

Its an all to well known tongue twister. Its catchy too. I can hear children singing it and trying so hard to get it right. And the embarrassed laughter if they don’t. I was randomly thinking about this today and it made me wonder, “just who is this Peter?” and “what’s a piper?”  

Well, a quick Google, or for me a Duck duck go, search and its done.  According to “bon appeitt”, Peter was a one-armed French country man. He was a horticulturalist and a missionary.   He traveled all over and smuggled some of the most aromatic spices and herbs that we know today such as clove and nutmeg.  He gathered plants and flowers from his excursions all over the eastern world.

Peter planted gardens in his native land with all the gems he had collected from the tropical world known in those days.   Can you imagine how lovely his gardens must have looked to all the villagers.   

 

Of course, to anyone else, they probably wouldn’t have considered the similarities with Peter Piper and Peter in the Bible. It’s weird, I know but interesting that these two men would share similarities.  

First, they share the same name. haha obviously. Both men were missionaries. Peter like his “counterpart”, Peter Piper, both shared a love for the gospel. The gospel of Jesus Christ.  World travelers. Aliens in faraway countries. There’s no telling how many people and cultures both of these men had an impact on for Christ and the Kingdom. I not a missionary but I would feel safe to assume there’s a large amount of faith involved. Faith is a free gift from our savior.  He offers it to us. Free.  Its up to us to use it and work it as its intended use.  

 

That makes me ponder my next point, how many people have I made an impact for the Kingdom? How have I used my faith? Writing this takes faith for me.  I’m using my faith that whoever, reads this may be encouraged to examine their faith walk. It’s not for comparative purposes to use either Peter here, its simply an example.  How will you use your faith?

 ~ natalie essentially