As I write this the wind has been getting stronger and stronger. A few minutes ago I watched the girl's huge and heavy basketball net slide along the deck and off the end as if it weighed no more than a leaf. Yet in the corner of the garden stands what looks like a very young , new and skinny sapling which is bending and blowing but staying firm. 

 

The sapling is attached, it has roots while the net is rootless. Jesus speaks of us being rooted in him like a branch on the vine, that it will bear much fruit if it remains rooted. Likewise if we base our lives on God's teaching however hard the winds blow however much we may be bent we too will remain firm.

 

"I am the vine and you are the branches.Those who remain in me, and I in them, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me." John 15 vs 5