This week Mark's sermon used the verses in John 15. It seems even more fitting that my sister Marianne and I went to the Mission winery for a tour while she was visiting for the weekend. We came up as a family and it was a beautiful day but Marianne and I came back for the tour as it was too much for the kids. Living in wine country it doesn't take long to drive to a vinyard and see the vines. They are just showing new growth at this stage but as the season changes it will be covered with beautiful fruit.
John 15:2 "He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful."...vs4 "Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me." ...vs16&17 "You did not choose me, but I choose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit - fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other."
