A Gardening Story
Gather around dear children and listen to a story... "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. "By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. John 15:1-2;4-5;8 John 15 is not a new chapter in the Bible to me. I've known I was a branch for quite some time now. Still the Lord brought me back to this familiar chapter the other morning and began to shed some new light on the garden. You see my garden had a few misconceptions. 1.) Productivity in my life (aka getting a lot of things done) equal