"4 Remain in me, as I also 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.
5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.8 This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."
This past weekend at Church, we talked about REmaining in Christ and I couldn't help but notice a phrase in the above verses. Verse 5, "I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit seems to be a promise to me. If I remain in Christ, and He in me I WILL BEAR FRUIT! I don't know about you, but bearing fruit translates to having children for me. I am not sure exactly what Jesus intended with this set of verses, but I do understand the concept of remaining in Him to grow and produce.
Our pastor was telling us ways we could remain in Him, by reading His word; fellowship and staying connected. I started thinking about myself when he was talking of these things. I thought of my journey to learn patience; and how it seems to be helping me in more ways then one. I've been reading my Bible in a different way looking for things that would aid me in my quest to get patience, and while this has helped me tons it's also opened my eyes to other things that I had been missing.
This wonderful blog site of mine has a wonderful feature that lets me see the "stats" of my blog, and I had noticed that my blog post Almond Blossom had gotten several reads today and I was curious why. I couldn't remember what I had said that day, so I took the time to read it. It was a beautiful image in my head of almond blossoms and when I went back to read it I was able to relive that moment in my life and see the wonderful things that I'd learned that day. So while I'm still waiting to have a baby; I can see where my journey is taking me and it's a rather surprising direction, or not so surprising. I'm headed for the Lord and I'm loving the journey of getting there!
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