I read John 15 as a part of my scripture reading tonight :)
SEE!
IT IS A LOVE THAT LASTS
....ONLY, it's not about being given the single red rose as it would seem....
it is about allowing GOD to be my gardener.
...letting Him cut and prune every branch in me as He sees fit, so I can be productive....
so HIS beauty will be evidenced in me.
A branch has nothing but what it receives from the vine....GOD IS SO TOTALLY AWESOME....I see a pattern in some of the things HE has been teaching me lately. He wants us to REST in Him....rest and soak up what He wants to pass to us and through us. Funny, usually His lessons for us are also for others if we are sharing them in the right places or sharing them at all.
The connectivity we can experience through Christ is astounding because, through it, we really can receive and pass on
love ....joy.... peace....patience...kindness...goodness...faithfulness...
gentleness...and self-control....everything for which we thirst.
I think they are referred to as fruit in some kind of secret code :), because these are really the elements of transforming power in our lives. We cannot have or use these powers on our own strength, but WITH CHRIST...we can be AMAZING.
With great power comes great responsibility....right? I've heard that somewhere before.
Our responsibility is to remain in love with Him and to obey Him. The closer we draw to Him, the more this responsibility becomes a joyful pleasure...and we are given His zeal and His love.
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