Prune me

Pruning- to cut off unwanted parts.When tending plants there comes a time when we must prune them. A rose brush is a good example, at the end of the season a rose bush needs pruned, the process is to cut away all the branches that are dead and to cut back those that still have life. During this process the plant looks dead , the only thing remaining is a few brown limbs. There seem to be no life in the plant, but looks are deceiving. The rose brush is very much alive.

In our lives there comes a time to allow God to prune us.To cut off any unwanted parts that will hinder His work. During this process we may not look so great and to some we may appear dead . This is the time to trust and believe that the good work that Christ has started in us, He will see through to completion. Just as a rose brush comes to a new season, with fresh and beautiful blooms, we can know that we will have a new season also. So take time and trust God, to do His pruning. Watch and expect to see new and beautiful blooms next season.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 NIV

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven; a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build., a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to be silent and a time to speak,a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

What does the worker gain from his toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on man. he has made everything beautiful in it's time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from the begining to the end. I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in his toil - This is the gift of God.

Times and seasons do change.