No matter how hard and much we may wish that a branch in our lives will bear fruit, sometimes it just doesn’t, especially if it is not biblical or doesn’t line up with God’s will for our lives. And, while it may hurt at the time, we should be thankful that He cuts it away. I know I am.
“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.” John 15: 1-4