Wednesday, May 4, 2011

A Fruitless Vine?

I was reading Nancy Campbell’s 100 Days of Blessing devotion the other day, and she wrote some thing that was so encouraging to me...
“...nothing comes of a fruitless vine  It is useless.  Good for nothing.  It doesn’t provide food or blessing for anyone.  This is not what life is all about.  Life is sacrifice.  In fact, you can’t have life without death.  What did Jesus say in John 12:24?  ‘...unless a corn of wheat falls into the earth and die, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.’  When we live for ourselves, we lose our life.  When we lay down our life in daily sacrifice we find it.  This is an eternal law.”  
My days, and yours, are full of opportunity to “die” and let the LORD produce fruit.  I want my life to bear fruit that feeds others and is a blessing to them.  
And today, my home is FULL of some beautiful “fruit” that will require sacrifice and work...
...like this one,
 ...and this one,
 ...and this one,
 ...and this one,
 ...and this one,
 ...and this one,
 ...and this one,
 ...and this one,
 ...and this one,
...and this one, 

 ...and these two,
...and I’m sure that these two would love some extra attention and nurturing.
Let’s pray for the LORD to make us fruitful vines, where ever we are at, and in what ever way He wants to use us.  Dying really is where the Life is at.  
For His Glory, we live!!
loves,

3 comments:

  1. Amen! What a gift to die to self so that others may truly live!!

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  2. It's the cry of my heart too, my friend.

    Beautiful post.

    Love, love, love you.

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