Today 12-1-2021

John 15:2 NASB "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit."It was that time of the year to cut them off! Today's verse speaks of fruit and how if we don't bear fruit, we will be cut off and if we bear fruit, we will be trimmed so we can bear more fruit! Getting ready for winter, I needed to cut back some of the bushes and shrubs and trees around our home. If I let them keep growing, next spring, there would be less fruit so the cutting began. I couldn't help but think that there are areas in our life that need to be cut, trimmed and made ready to bear fruit. There are even those people we need to cut out of our life for they are keeping us from bearing any fruit. The bushes that I cut didn't exactly look the greatest but I know next spring, they will bloom and bear more fruit! Our lives may look a little ragged as we begin to cut those things out that need cutting but we can and will bear more fruit! If we follow where the Holy Spirit leads the cutters in our life, we will bear more fruit! peace, tom