The Orchard : A Parable - Hardcover

He longs to grow the sweetest fruits in your life. Come, meet the Orchard Keeper. God promises to cultivate in you the fruit of his Spirit--lush, bountiful crops of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. But when you look at your life, do you see ripe fruit or weeds and brambles? Are you growing a life that matters? In this beautiful parable, Elisa Morgan invites you to meet the Orchard Keeper. He knows exactly how to cultivate sweet, luscious fruit and longs to do so. But first, you must be willing to relinquish control and entrust him with the task. Because the truth is, he never meant for you to grow your own fruit. After all, he's the Orchard Keeper. What is growing--or not growing--in the land of your life?

FRONT FLAP The Orchard Keeper paused midcut and looked at me. "Every gardener knows you hard prune the weak shoots and light prune the stronger growth. If you want healthy fruit and lots of it-I have to prune. Pruning will strengthen these branches to bear the kind of harvest I've had in mind. Just wait...come spring it'll be worth it." BACK FLAP Elisa Morgan is CEO of MOPS International. She is the author and coauthor of numerous books and lives with her husband, Evan, in Colorado.