Monday, October 10, 2005
STAYING CONNECTED
STAYING CONNECTED
Contributed by Sally I. Kennedy
Oct 10, 2005
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in
him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." John
15:5
It was a wonderful snowy day; just windy. You could hear that wind
whistling through the trees. The thin, spindly tree that I could see
oustside the living room window was being seriously blown about. All
the leaves were gone from the tree, save for a tiny reddish-brown one
at the very top of the tree. It clung tenaciously as the wind whipped
it.
The little leaf was enduring the hardship of a mountain winter. Spring
would soon arrive and the tree would bud and fill with new leaves. It
looked like the little leaf would make it. It would survive and enjoy
the new spring and lazy summer before autumn and another winter would
come.
Winter storms come into all of our lives. If you haven't experienced
one, you surely will. Sometimes our personal winters cause us to
abandon or turn our backs on whatever (or whomever) we're connected to.
When we suffer the pain of divorce, miscarriage, job loss, or any
number of things that come our way in life's journey, there are times
when we don't feel like hanging on. It simply seems too hard.
In the bible, in the book of John, Jesus tells us He is the vine (tree)
and we are branches. If we stay connected to the tree, we can weather
any storm. That's a hope we can hold onto and a promise we can claim.
Staying connected will never get any better than that.
Contributed by Sally I. Kennedy (boca7565@bellsouth.net) Author of "52
Little Parables from Ireland" (Creation House Press)
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