If you’re a gardening family, you know the end-of-season routine: prune the vines and spent plants to ready the area for winter’s harshness. As she’s helping, your girl might feel this process is harsh for the plants. Why do they have to be cut down to grow strong later? 

Your girl’s heart needs cleaning for strength in coming trials, no matter when they happen. Just as the plants move into a focused state to endure the long winter, a tough season of hardships can push your girl’s limits. Cleaning out sin like rage, pride, and greed allow the Lord to replace those places with love, humility, and contentment.  

Journaling, soul check-in conversations, and support from her spiritual community, will keep her well-connected to Jesus, the True Vine when winter’s cold covers her world. 

John 15:1-6 

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