Being Grafted to the Vine
" I am the vine, you are the branches " (Jn. 15:5). As a people, we do not live alone and we are unable to survive alone. We are dependent and interdependent by nature. Some may argue and disagree but they can debate all they want, but there is a Creator God who made this world and all that is within it, including us. Look at the proofs offered by philosophy and science. There are too many things that needed to happen in order for the earth to be as it is - the right mixture of elements to make earth inhabitable, the most minuscule building blocks of our bodies, etc. Saying it is purely coincidence does not do it for me. It is not coincidence, it is Providence. We were created out of love, with love, and for love. In fact we were created by Love itself, for God is love. In being created, we have been and continue to be nurtured and provided for by Our Creator. Jesus tells us that He is the vine, the Father is the vinegrower, ...