John 15 (he wouldnt give you up)

"He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,"

I am not a christian who is fruitful.. Strike that. I think im fruitless. :(

Whenever i read this i usually will go crap.. im dead.. oh well.. since im going to be dying then might as well enjoy myself and be happy right? Don't waste my time being sad.

But yesterday, when a pastor was preaching and i was falling asleep, he shared this.. the words 'cuts off' in Greek = airo which means :

1. to raise up, elevate, lift up
   1. to raise from the ground, take up: stones
   2. to raise upwards, elevate, lift up: the hand
   3. to draw up: a fish
2. to take upon one's self and carry what has been raised up, to bear
3. to bear away what has been raised, carry off
1. to move from its place
2. to take off or away what is attached to anything
3. to remove
4. to carry off, carry away with one
5. to appropriate what is taken
6. to take away from another what is his or what is committed to him, to take by force
7. to take and apply to any use
8. to take from among the living, either by a natural death, or by violence
9. cause to cease

You see.. the first meaning is not to cut off or throw away but to lift up, apparently gardeners do not just cut off the branches if they dont bear fruit.. They are way too precious, every branch.. but they would lift all these branches who dont bear fruit, clean them and tie them to make sure they get enough sunlight and nurture them back so they would be fruitful again.. patiently waiting for them.

I was really touched by that. That God didn't want any of us to die.. or be thrown away.. as the gardener he's still willing to lift us up and wait.. nurturing us.. every hoping we would be fruitful...