Devotional
God Isn't a Landlord — He's a Gardener on His Knees in the Dirt
Jesus opens John 15 with a metaphor drawn straight out of Israel's long history with God — but with one word that reframes the whole thing. God isn't managing a vineyard from a distance. He's crouched in the soil, pruning what He loves. What the first three verses of the vine passage reveal about how God actually tends you.
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Parable
The Software Update
He kept hitting 'Remind Me Later.' The old version was comfortable — familiar, predictable, his. But the update wasn't asking permission. It was asking trust.
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