Pruning: A Spiritual Practice
God of the vineyard, you always stand ready to prune the branches in each of us that have withered and are useless. You clip, trim, snip and cut back till we have more healthy growth. May we bloom and blossom, precious to our true vine, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever. Amen (preachingtip.com) Merry May to you all! May is always a month of changes. The end of the school year, the end of the church program year. The beginning of summer break. Up north it was usually the month we planted vegetables. As a child helping my mom in the garden, I would get very excited about the new spouts and shoots as the plants started growing. One thing I didn't understand was the reason we would cut certain plants back after they just started growing. It seemed mean almost, to cut them off when they had just started growing. However, my mom taught me about pruning. Pruning is the specific remova...