Louisiana, USA: Jermarcus Brady believes the unlikely encounter found in a pattern of seeds is a message from above.
Chef Jermarcus Brady's had a rough ride bringing up four children on a limited income, but says his faith has pulled him through.
So when he was preparing vegetables at the restaurant where he works in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he knew he'd found God.
Because there it was, written in the pattern of seeds running half way through an aubergine he was preparing for the pan.
Jermarcus couldn't believe what he was seeing. "I saw a miraculous image formed by the seeds. It spelled out the word God! I just had to tell somebody to come look at it.
He says the significance is not lost on him: "Through the road, he's showing me that 'hey, I'm real' and that's the only thing I can depend on.
"I don't know what it means. All I know is it tells me 'hey, he's real' and there's nothing that can change my mind about that."
Restaurant co-owner Gino Marino has seen nothing like it in the 50 years he's been in business: " You could cut a million eggplants (aubergines) and you'd probably never see that again.
"God is within us and he has different ways of showing it in our lives, and this is just one way of showing it."
It's not the first time a 'miracle image' has popped up in an ordinary object.
