Topic: Discipleship

Have you ever found yourself asking the question, "God, why would you allow me to go through so much hardship?" In John 15 we find an analogy of a vineyard. God is the Gardener. Jesus is the Vine. His disciples are the branches. The job of the Branch is to produce fruit. The Gardener will do everything He can to make sure the Branch does exactly that. He prunes and he prunes until the harvest. It's brutal, but the end result is beautiful!