Lent Meditations
40 Days in the Vineyard
Day 27: Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends
Just as the vine gives everything it has, without hesitation, to the branches to produce the fruit for harvest, Jesus lays down his life for those he loves. There is nothing more Jesus could give to show his love.
Day 28: You are my friends if you do what I command
At harvest, the vine, in an instant, gives up all its fruit. As the workers come through the vineyard with their clippers, it takes just a few seconds to cut off the clusters.