Pruning Fruits
Posted by, Yekisont Reading: John 15: 1-11 "Every branch in me that bears no fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit." (John 15: 2) In each vineyard, a vineyard caretaker cut twigs vine to produce more fruit. In a spiritual sense, sometimes heavenly Father we must treat us the same way, ie cut our lives. Not only dead branches that must be removed, but sometimes even that is still alive and important matter must be removed in order to produce better fruit and dense. A variety of circumstances can be a knife trimmer in the hands of Mr. Own Vineyard. The knife can be a gesture of rejection, the words are not friendly, or even without words. It could be a frustration of constantly living in the noise and confusion, face a daily task, so it does not have a chance to find a quiet place to be alone. Or perhaps while waiting for the intervention of God when it seemed there was no hope at all and we di...