The Message of the Mangoes

By on 11 December, 2008 | Comments (1)

We have a huge mango tree in our backyard. Here is a picture to prove it.

While our mango tree provides lots of shade and is visually attractive, its God-given task is to produce mangoes.

Last year we had but one solitary edible mango from that massive tree. There were a couple of others that grew but didn’t amount to much. Apparently we had rain at the wrong time of the year and that stunted the harvest.

Earlier this year I began to prune many of the old branches of the mango tree. I pruned for hours with a borrowed chain-saw. It was exhausting work and the tree looked half of its regular size after I had finished pruning.

What do you know? We have had a terrific mango harvest this year!

As mango trees are everywhere in North QLD, no one is asking me for mangoes. My wife doesn’t eat them so apart from any visitors, there are still heaps left to eat. Thankfully mangoes are fruit so they can’t be too bad to eat. The only problem is I like to eat them with vanilla ice cream…

When I think about the harvest of mangoes we have enjoyed my mind keeps going back to the words of Jesus in John 15:

1 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. ….4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

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Mmmhmmm… the mangoes and icecream was good!

Comment by Jason Harris on 11 December, 2008 @ 11:40 am

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