Soft-Serve Ice Cream
IllustrationAnalogy★★★★ONE of the greatest inventions of all time is soft-serve ice cream. Where ice cream could be hard and scooped out using a lot of effort with an ice cream scooper, somebody figured out a way to make soft-serve ice cream immediately available with minimal effort. There is a homemade way to get soft-serve ice cream too. Take the carton out of the freezer, put it on the kitchen counter, and let it set out for a while.
Simply transfer the atmosphere of the ice cream and after a bit of time you will see change. Situating it in the right location, the new location will produce the transformation desired. The reason why some Christians are so cold, callous, stingy, unloving, and evil is because they are not hanging out in the right atmosphere. God will do the work of transformation if we are in an atmosphere where He is.
He is willing to do the work of change in our hearts and minds if we will allow Him.
The point
Like warm conditions soften ice cream, placing yourself in God's atmosphere allows His transformative work to soften your heart.