Vineyard Talk

On a beautiful Sunday morning in September, we went with our friends Maggie and Jason, their baby Yangyang, and Maggie's father to a nearby vineyard to pick grapes. Strange place for Christians to be on a Sunday morning, huh? Yes, but our meeting isn't until the afternoon these days, and while in the vineyard our Jason had a chance, which we had prayed for, to explain to Maggie the significance for Christians of the vine and the branches. The vine is Jesus, he explained, and Christians are the branches, and the grapes are the fruit that God Himself produces in our lives. Maggie listened, and we were thankful for the opportunity. The grapes were the best we had ever tasted, but that one sacred moment was the real reason for going to the vineyard that day. Remember Maggie and her family in your prayers.