Friday, May 4, 2001
Friday, May 4, 2001
I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much
fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
The Bible states that we are like the branches of a large, healthy plant. But we don't break eggs to
keep growing. The best way for us to keep growing is to stay close to God. God is the source of
our strength. He is like the main tree. We are the branches, and if we stay close to Him we will
keep growing spiritually. But if we don't stay close to God, we will stop growing spiritually. Then
we will be cut off from God and thrown away. How do we stay close to God? We can start by
loving others, praying, and reading our Bible. These actions will help us to grow healthy
spiritually.
(John 15:5
NRSV)
It's springtime here in North America, and everything is green and growing. How do plants grow
healthy and beautiful? Thousands of years ago, ancient Egyptian and Greek people used eggs to
make their crops grow. The egg was a good luck symbol to those people. They would break eggs
and smear them over their plowshares. They thought that these lucky eggs would help them to
grow large, healthy crops.
Lord Jesus, continue to show me the way to stay close to our Father in heaven. Amen.
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