Lessons from a Leaf (Part 1)

Stained glass of Jesus with the children, Jesus the Good Shepherd, and Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane.

It is hanging on. One yellow leaf, outside of my office window, clings tenaciously to the dry limb of its tree. And not to state the obvious, but it’s January. 
This leaf doesn’t know what Jesus said in John 15:5; “He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit for without Me you can do nothing.” The leaf only knows the basics: its life comes from the tree. And so, it has hung on through wind and rain and cold and is still hanging on.
I looked at that leaf today and wished I focused on Christ during the hard things with that kind of faithfulness and fortitude. And thought: “If I want to cling to Jesus like that, what is one thing I can do?”

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