It’s raspberry picking time again at my place on the Canadian prairies. The bushes are full this year, thanks to June rains after a very dry spring.
If you’ve ever picked raspberries, have you noticed that after a rain they are harder to pull off the stem? Some innate force makes them tighten up so the rain doesn’t wash them off.
As I was picking and thinking about this, verses from John 15 popped into my mind: “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine…I am the vine; you are the branches… apart from me you can do nothing” John 15:4-5.
Those of us who follow Christ are to remain dependent on the Vine, holding on tightly. When storms come, we are to tighten our grip even more.
Such a simple analogy but so important in our lives. We need the nourishment provided by the Vine, that is, Christ, and so we hold fast to Him.
I’m thankful for this example from nature of how to live in the strength of God. May you also remain in the Vine as you go through your peaceful times as well as your storms.
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Jan, interesting – I didn’t know this about raspberries.
Thanks for the inspiration today.
Cathy, I haven’t ever read or heard that “fact,” just discovered it on my own. So it may not even be true, but it seems so to me! Thanks for reading my post.
I didn’t know this, either, and I’ve picked a lot of raspberries, but then, I probably wasn’t thinking too much about how they clung to the ‘vine’. I’m taking better notice next time! Very interesting.
Oh dear, I hope I’m not going to be sorry for saying that! It’s just such an interesting phenomenon, even if it is only in my own mind! Thanks for reading, Sheri.