Pruning Season - Not Ideal But Necessary
A "pruning season" refers to a period in a person's life where they undergo trials, challenges, or changes that are meant to remove anything that hinders their spiritual growth or relationship with God. This concept is often drawn from passages in the Bible that describe God as a gardener who prunes his vines to make them more fruitful. Prune means to reduce; to remove as superfluous (not needed; unnecessary) to cut off or cut back parts of for better shape or more fruitful growth. Before God can elevate you to the next level, He has to prune away the unnecessary things that are weighing you down. John 15:1-2, Jesus says: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 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 ," (NIV) The Passion Translation says, “I am a true sprouting vine, and the farmer who tends the vine is my Father. He care...