abiding – stfrancischurchtairuanz

Love and Sharing

When we love we want to share. The Collect for today reads ‘… give us the happiness to share, with full measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, all that you give us.’
This prayer encourages us to show Love in practical ways, by sharing … [To read more, click on title]

Fruit-bearing

This Gospel passage about fruit-bearing set me a-searching – not for the first time, I might say – for evidence of fruit in my own life. This passage clearly says, if you abide in me, Jesus, you will bear much fruit. Ok, son … where is the fruit?

My first stocktake wasn’t promising. Presumably ‘fruit’ means healings and miracles and souls saved, right? Well, if right, my life is pretty well fruitless. In fact, I’ve had some big fails ,,,