4.8.05
I was getting ready to take the kids to gym (I used to work with challenged teens) and I could not find the keys to the van. I spent a minute or so rummaging through my pockets to locate them and became agitated at the fact that I could not find them. I finally looked up and noticed that my partner was standing there all the time with the keys in her hand trying to get my attention to give them to me. But I was so focused on finding them myself that I didn’t think to ask for help or even see if she had them.
A few hours later God impressed upon me the fact that I get so focused on myself for what I need, that I’m unaware that He is there with the answer or the means to teach me how to get farther down the road in allowing Him to live through me and express His love to others. So many times God allows us to get to the point where we tire of trying deal with a situation ourselves and finely look up to see that He has been there the whole time with His hand extended ready to give us the key to open the next door we are to walk through.
4b No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
5"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:4-6 (New International Version)
