What a storm! Sunday night a 20 foot branch fell off the tree in the front of my house. Then on Monday it happened again...another big wind and another huge 30 foot branch broke from the top of the tree and twisted around one of the other big branches and is hanging, hooked over several branches. The branch that is broken off is so twisted around the other branches that I will probably have to call some tree people to come and get the mess straightened out. HOWEVER IN ALL OF THIS...I DO SEE A GREAT SPIRITUAL APPLICATION FOR US CHRISTIANS!
At the moment the big branch that is broken away from the trunk is filled with green leaves and helicopters.(that's what I call those little whirly gigs) It looks very healthy. However I know in just a few days there will be no life flowing through that branch and the green will turn to brown and become pretty ugly. This reminded me of people who do not stay connected to Jesus. Jesus said in John 15 the He is the real Vine and when we are joined with Him and He with us the harvest is sure to be abundant. Anyone who separates from Him will be as deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. We can go to church and look good for awhile but without that personal connection to Jesus, our spiritual lives will die and we will be as useless to the Kingdom of God as that branch is hanging in my tree. There is only one way to stay connected to Jesus and that is by reading His Word, praying, seeking His guidance on a daily basis. Then when the storms of life come and the winds of adversity blow, we may bend but Praise God we won't break.
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