We have some rose bushes in our yard that have to be severely pruned every year or they would get out of control.
However, when you prune them, they look like they will never come out of it. We basically leave only small stumps.
But pruning helps the plants.
It not only shapes the bushes, but creates more abundant, prettier roses, and a healthier plant.
Pruning also gets rid of dead branches.
When you prune grape vines, they look like bare sticks, but in the summer, they produce sweeter, better grapes. It takes a severe pruning. But with bonsai trees, people tenderly snip off just a little at a time.
There are times that we as God’s children also need to be “pruned”.
We need the dead things taken out of our lives and we need to be shaped into a better believer.
Our fruit may be small or even rotten, so it is necessary in order to help us be a person who produces better fruit for God’s kingdom.
It can be painful and we may...
