The "naked grapevine"... the grapevine looks lifeless, there are no leaves or fruit...it's windy and cold and seems barren...but there is much life in the vine...sure and strong. It is a resting time but it is also a gathering, strengthening time, life pulses deep within, though very private and hidden. "I am the vine, you are the branches."

"Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life." Proverbs 4:23

	"Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls, all your waves and billows have gone over me." Psalm 42:7
	"Mary came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table. She anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance." Matthew 26:78; John 12:3

"I would have lost heart, except that I believed I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!" Psalm 27:13,14 "I will comfort all your waste places. And your wilderness I will make like Eden, And your desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in you, thanksgiving and the sound of singing." Isaiah 51:3

	"But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him." 2 Corinthians 2:14
	"Don't become discouraged...believe that you will see My goodness in the land of the living." Proverbs 3:6 .

	"Flowers have appeared on the earth; the time of singing has come...The fig tree has ripe figs, and the vines are in blossum and give forth a sweet fragrance. Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away!" Song of Solomon 2:12,13

“As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for You, the living God…” Psalm 42:1,2

"I come to You, O Lord, with all that is on my heart...my anger and fears, my sin and resentment, even my hopes and dream, my joys and gifts...all that I have, I bring to You. Touch them with love and peace, forgiveness and grace, faith and hope. Infuse them and make them a sacrament manifesting Your life-giving presence."

“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10

"Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee." Psalm 119:11

"Releasing"

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