Fruitless

God is indeed patient with everyone.

“Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. ⁷So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’ ⁸“‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. ⁹If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

Luke 13:6-9 NIV

Pine Porcupine

It’s amazing how birds, cats & dogs get special treatment from people.

“Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.”

Proverbs 14:31 NIV

Mental Chains

“Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering in iron chains,
¹¹because they rebelled against God’s commands
    and despised the plans of the Most High.
¹²So he subjected them to bitter labor;
    they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
¹³Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them from their distress.
¹⁴He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,
    and broke away their chains.”

Psalm 107:10-14 NIV

Drifting

… is only good if you’re wood.

“We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.”

Hebrews 2:1 NIV

Reflection

“God ‘will repay each person according to what they have done.’ ⁷To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.”

Romans 2:6-7 NIV

Solitude

“For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.”

1 Corinthians 2:11 NIV

Sunset Birdie

No one forces people to believe.

“If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”

Mark 4:23 NIV

Broken Wing

Sometimes, a bird gets caught in a trap.

“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”

Hebrews 12:11 NIV

Winter Moon

Like the moon can never be the sun, you can’t shine the way God made you when you compare yourself to someone else.

“The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.”

1 Corinthians 15:41 BSB

Hellebores

This flower endures even in cold temperatures.

“For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.”

Romans 15:4 BSB

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