Preacher Charles Spurgeon has an old sermon anecdote that
goes like this:
There
was a king who ruled over everything in a land. One day there was a
gardener who grew an enormous carrot.
He
took it to his king and said, “My lord, this is the greatest carrot I’ve ever
grown or ever will grow; therefore, I want to present it to you as a token
of my love and respect for you.”
The
king was touched and discerned the man’s…