Plump and Juicy

A blog post from Tonya Williams:

While eating grapes today, I saw two teeny tiny, immature grapes. How cute I thought. But then it made me think about how they came to be. Once plucked from the grapevine with the others, they no longer had the ability to grow. They were destined to remain teeny tiny cute grapes when, if given the opportunity, they might have grown larger, juicier, better.

Here's The Point: How many of us make a decision to change our lives by accepting Christ, only to then get caught up in our own personal dramas and ultimately separate ourselves from Him, from The Vine? When we separate from Him, we run the risk of stunting our own growth, remaining teeny tiny ("cute") Christians but never reaching our full potential.

I want to be a plump, juicy Christian. Don't you?