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“Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man (woman) remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:4-5

“We have a bush that looks like it is dying. The top of the bush is brown, the needles are falling off and it is leaning over. It is one of a pair of bushes that flanks the sidewalk leading up to the front door. We purchased twin bushes at the same time, from the same garden center. They have received exactly the same amount of sun, rain, wind, air, and yes, even hail one night. They are about three years old and very established plants, but one started having a few brown needles at the top, then little-by-little it began to turn brown farther and farther down until it reached the middle of the bush. Yikes, I don’t have twin bushes anymore! What could be wrong with it? I began to nurse it with fertilizer and extra water, but nothing helped.

One day I got mad and decided to just rip it out of the pot and throw it away, it was taking too much of my time and energy. When I dumped the pot over and the dirt fell off of the roots, I noticed some funny looking bugs on one section of the roots chomping away. The largest root had been chewed in half! No wonder the top had turned brown. The root that carried “life” to the top of the bush was no longer connected. The top of the bush was not receiving sustenance of any kind. If that happened to any living thing, it would die.”

This time of year comes with fun, stress, fear, and struggles. You may look forward to it and/or you may already be stressed about it. Even though people say, “Jesus is the reason for the season”, from my observation point, a great number of faithful Christians neglect the person behind the “reason” this time of year, is that you? If your shopping doesn’t get done, if your decorations are not perfect, if you don’t attend every function that calls your name, make sure the “root” doesn’t get chomped in two. Talking about Jesus doesn’t keep the root attached… talking to Him does. Your relationship with Him is the most important thing this season. If you “remain”, you will “produce” Christmas fruit! Yum!

Love is the greatest gift we can give to each other. Let’s shower the world with it for the last few days of this year. If we do that… the world will be a better place next year, agree?

My prayer for you is that you will repair all roots that have been severed in your life, and that you will decide to live a life filled with the awe and wonder of Christ everyday. I pray health and wealth, prosperity and abundance for you and your household. But most of all, I pray for LOTS of Christmas fruit… YUMMY! It is very healthy and lives on and on…

Blessings, love and prayers for you…
Kathy

The excerpt above ” ” is taken from the study, “To Water or Not to Water… the Roots”. Watch for the series… available soon!