bearing fruit

A few weeks ago, I panicked. I saw my plant (from the ultimate plant lady + friend Aundrea) + i thought it was dead.

She quickly assured me the whole plant wasn’t dead, just natural dying off.

+ i’ve been thinking about that ever since.

John 15 tells us that the Lord cares so much for our growth that whatever branch does not bear fruit He will prune.

our lives are marked by births + deaths, daily. + so many of them we don’t notice well enough to mark them.

my prayer lately is that i would take notice of the branches dying off + allow the Father to prune them. not mistaking the death for Death but a natural progression of life, + one that will hopefully out of grace, truth, + mercy be also marked by birth.

once the dead lead was pruned, i paid extra attention + care + quite honestly expected death. but instead a new leaf came!

would we be expecting new growth, new birth out of the things that have once held death + remember that it is all just a season.

i’m praying that i see, notice, + remember that both are necessary, + both are g o o d. personally, i’m quick to assume that death means Death + nothing more can come from it, but God in His gentleness is reminding me that life comes from death, resurrection happens everyday.

is he speaking to you today?