This passage speaks a lot to me lately.

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes.” (John 15:1-2)

Life has been… pretty much fine. Daunting, yet a bit boring. So much excitement, yet feels draggy. And sometimes, I was just in the mood to blame God for every single dissatisfaction I encountered. Like… why me? What did I do wrong? Where did I go wrong?

When, really, nothing serious happened, just boredom, and disappointment when (small) things don’t go as planned. But God is faithful, and in the midst of it all, He’s still the same faithful God who reaches out to me and speaks:

“You know those branches on you that bears no fruit? Dangling and dying… and no longer serve a purpose but you’re just too hesitant to let go? I’m cutting them off. So that you don’t spend your time and energy there and can focus on the branches that has been fruitful, and bear even more fruits there.”

You just have to admit that certain part of your life bears no fruit. Some people, some projects, some plans… just dangling in your life and you just leave it there because you think it’ll be okay.

It’s not.

It’s been consuming your time and energy and it always will. And the only way to be free from it is just to cut it off, to let them go. God doesn’t want to leave it there, so why should you?

Onward to the next harvest!