WOYWW: Hold Your Peace

Here is my desk as I am preparing

to paint the verse in John 15:

"I am the VINE,

you are the BRANCHES."

You can see some ATCs I am preparing

for next week's WOYWW anniversary!

I have drawn this verse many times

and I thought that this time,

I will draw a woman

with a grape vine in her hair!!!

The verse continues,

"Whoever remains in me and I in Him

will bear much fruit..." 

"..because without me 

you can do nothing."

John 15:5

Picture yourself in a vineyard.

The grapes are lush,

bursting with color and life.

In the far side of the vineyard,

there is a branch, all withered,

brown, its grapes crumpled and dry,

and all because it was cut away.

"Anyone who does not remain in me

will be thrown out like a branch

and wither..." John 15:6

I don't want to be pruned from the VINE

and neither do you!

In an old fashioned version of this verse,

we can read,

"Whoever ABIDES in me..."

This speaks of LIVING in Christ,

having an ABODE in Him, a HOME.

Having the SAP of Christ

run through us,

His life, His power.

How do we do that?

 The WORD of God is spiritual food.

It is sustenance for our spiritual bodies.

  In Jeremiah 15:6, the prophet said,

"When Your WORDS came, I ate them.

They were my joy and my heart's delight,

for I bear Your name, O Lord God Almighty."

Let us eat God's Word, savor it,

so His sap will run through our lives

in abundance!

 "Peace I leave with you..." John 14:27. 

Jesus never promised a life 

without challenges or problems, 

but He did promise us PEACE. 

 When there are storms, there is an eye,

 where all is CALM. 

When we are in the midst of challenges, 

we need to find the eye, where we rest in God. 

Exodus 14:14 says, "The Lord shall fight for you, 

you need only to be still, 

hold your peace and remain at rest."

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Blessings!

Patsy