All over the place

Ever have one of those days when your thoughts are all over the place? and managing even one coherent sentence is a chore? Yeah, I’m having one of those. It’s all good, really. All that’s spinning around in my brain is good stuff, exciting, untamed, stimulating, rock-your-world kind of thoughts. But how to bring it all in? Ah, maybe I’ve got it…

Branches. If you look at a healthy grape arbor, what you see is plenty of leafy branches winding themselves this way and that, as if each branch had a mind of its own. You have to dig deep, push your way through the tangled branches, if you want to see the vine: that thick and hearty stem that connects the branches to the root system.

And if it’s the right time of year, you get to see the reason for the plant’s existence: the luscious fruit that’s bunching on the branches… the grapes that would not be there, were it not for the stretching branches, the sun-soaking leaves, and the vine’s roots to suck up the goodies from the rich earth below. No connections, no fruit. Fruit happens when everyone’s doing their jobs and they all stay connected.

So what of these meandering thoughts of mine… each a vital branch with its own way of catching the sun, all of them embracing truth in life-giving ways, hoping to bear fruit… It seems like they all need to turn around and ponder the vine from which they’re growing.

And what of these many people of God wandering around the earth, each with his/her own way of finding meaning and energy and sense, all of them embracing causes and truths and other beings, winding every which way to try to make it in this world. It seems like we all need to turn around and consider the vine from which we’re growing.

You can do your own considering, if you like. Leave a comment; I’d love to hear it. And feel free to take a bite of scripture by clicking on the title of this post. If you’re around, come to our next “Bread for your journey” gathering to do some more digging and connecting. We’ll be at the Crowne Plaza in Nashua (off exit 8) at 7pm, Thursday, May 7, and the Thursdays to come as well. Stop by the blog again this weekend to follow along.

Peace,
Kari