Ouch!! This must be an important spiritual growth process. The readings today were again on importance of pruning for good fruit.
I ask myself what are the ways we experience pruning that will lead us to grow and have good fruit.
- feedback from friend on how we come across in our relationship with them
- children's comments on what we say but don't do.
- friend needing something and we don't want to give up our time and space.
- evaluations at work, how we act at recreation activities, how we participate in household duties.
- what we read and it strikes a core at us.
- those we don't like who really have the habits we have and not sure we want to admit it.
- I am sure you can think of many more from your own experience.
My prayer for me and you is Oh God you know I don't like pain and to hurt. Give me the grace to be able to accept and grow for the many opportunities to be pruned. Let me not shrink from them.
AMEN
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