Fruit and Grapes

We wandered through Longwood Gardens this past week, my husband and I, with our cameras strapped ’round our necks.

Stepping into a room that offered a rest for weary feet and a beautiful view of a grape arbor of sorts, we gazed upward.

The branches had the most gorgeous juicy looking bunches of grapes hanging down. It is a wonder that they hang there not falling clean off the branch as full as they were.

 

Looking above, my head filled with scripture…

“I am the vine… ye are the branches…”

And for some reason… though I know this truth, it really stood out to me…

As the Holy Spirit quietly noted, look at where the fruit is… it is on the branch not the vine.

 

 

How is the fruit growing in your life?

Is your branch firmly attached to the vine, thereby gaining much needed daily nourishment?

Or is your branch dried up and withered because it is not daily drinking The Living Water?

Is your fruit ripe and full, ready to burst full of sweet flavor into someone’s life?

Or is it dried up, sour, or rotten, spreading bitterness?

Is there any fruit growing at all?

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