Jesus is so cool in the images he uses to communicate.
In the gospel passage last Sunday (John 15:1-8), Jesus says, “I am the vine, you are the branches.”
Look at the picture above. It’s not a vine, but every little portion of that bush, every flower, receives its life from being connected to the source of its life.
So, too, with us. I have some readers who are not professed Christians. But if you think about it, the message is the same: If we stay connected to the Source of life, whatever that is, then our lives will flourish and bear fruit.
But some of us are like withered branches. We have cut ourselves off from the source of life and we do not bring fruitfulness into our lives.
The greatest fruitfulness is our relationships. Are the people in our lives growing because they know us and are in our lives? Or are they withering up?
Stay connected.
We want to be connected to the Internet on Facebook and Twitter and all that stuff.
What about your connection with God and his desire that the whole church, indeed the whole world be connected in love.
Jesus, you use simple images to help us understand
what life for us can be like when we stay connected to You.
Wonderful life-surging energy flows through You as the Vine.
Let that same life-surging energy which is Your Holy Spirit
Father Bob's Reflections 