Category: A Faith in Process

“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.   He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. John 15: 1-3 NLT I was lying on the couch that cold March afternoon in 1993, looking for something…

“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. John 15:1-2 NLT *** “Left to itself a vine will produce a good deal of unproductive growth. For maximum fruitfulness…

“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.John 15:1-2 NLT * Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if…

When you feel down because things aren’t going well … Today the world seemed cruel, but evening hoursWere filled with perfume from forgotten flowers.I saw again familiar filigreeOf moonlight through my lacy Lilac tree;I heard the robins stirring in their nest;And saw the path that fairy feet had pressed;Reflected stars were in my garden pool;On…

But the godly will flourish like palm treesand grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon.For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house.They flourish in the courts of our God.Psalm 92:12-13 NLT *** God fails not to sow blessings in the furrows. Jeremy Taylor *** God plants a unique set of gifts within each of us,…

God is still planting gardens. He still tasks us with tending them. I have a sense of urgency when I plant, trying to get things into the ground as quickly as possible so God can take care of them with the soil, sun and rain He provides. Yet I am not finished – there’s still…

God Planted a Garden. Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened. The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit….

“So remember this and keep it firmly in mind: The Lord is God both in heaven and on earth, and there is no other.Deuteronomy 4:39 NLT *** Remember the wonders he has performed,his miracles, and the rulings he has given,1 Chronicles 16:12 NLT *** So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the…

Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.1 Timothy 6:6-8 NLT *** “True godliness doesn’t turn men out of the…

“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.John 14:27 NLT *** Peace is a gift, but it does not come magically through our passivity. Only in our faithful response to God’s call do we…