Thursday, January 3, 2013

The Sounds of Pruning

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All the leaves are off the pear trees now. Instead, green emerges between the rows of trees after the November rains.

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Four times now in the last month I’ve heard the farmers out pruning the orchards. It’s amazing how rhythmic it sounds. Turn up your volume to hear the clipping along with some birds chirping, a rooster crowing, and some girlies giggling (while Mommy films!). You can see the back of our neighborhood and house in the background.

I am most familiar with pruning from John 15:2, but it is neat to see it happening literally:

He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

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I smile to think that He finds it as lovely to hear the pruning in our lives as I hear outside my door.

3 comments:

  1. Ooohhh...I love that! I've never thought of pruning as such a beautiful thing. Love your insights!

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  2. Beautiful, thank you for sharing Jenni! I enjoy your posts:)

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  3. Jenni, this is really beautiful, almost magical, not only these amazing photographs which depict nature at its best but also your spiritual interpretation of a seemingly simple act of pruning of orchids. I think these natural sounds, pruning, chirping of trees, rain drops hitting the roof and sound of cool breeze, all these make the most soulful music to some body who really cares to 'listen'.

    Today when we live our lives in urban jungles, all those mechanic and machine sounds make us forget the beauty of nature and its sounds. I guess that is why, there are lots of people who are moving back to serene surrounds to live a simpler life than the flashy and glamorous existence.

    Jeff Rivera

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