The art of tangled vines...

Vines.

Life is very similar to vines. The way they get tangled if they are not cared for.

The way they creep and slither and do the most unruly sort of things when no one is watching.

But these very vines that snake their way around and seem to never end.

Are the very vines that bring life to fruit.

"He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms."

Job 15:33

The very fruit that these vines produce are like vanity. Some fruit is good yet some is bad. Whether, you keep the good is up to you. I know that I have had to clean out some of that "unripe" fruit that is holding me back from being beautiful in his eyes.

Which brings to the current dilemma.. It seems as the end of the year is fast approaching. And the girl that started this blog has long since grown into a budding woman whose heart lies with one... The Alpha, Omega, and the everlasting King.

There seems to be decisions I have to make.

Along the road, I have been hurt, hurt others and ignored a few. But all the while still claimed to be a follower of Christ. How can one that doesn't forgive still be following the ultimate forgiver???

Which leads me to my next point.. Why not now? Why not throw my pride to the side and ask everyone I have hurt or everyone that has hurt me to forgive me...

So with that, some maybe receiving emails or voicemail's asking for forgiveness. Asking to replant a friendship that was once there. When I start the new year I want to know that every seed was sown and every effort was made to create a garden full of blossoming friendships...

Are you ready to take the challenge as well???

Where flowers bloom so does hope.
- Lady Bird Johnson