Vision and Grapes

We’ve all done it – stood in the aisle at the grocery store examining, squeezing, flicking…attempting to determine which fruit has the best chance at the longest shelf life. A few days ago I opened the refrigerator and saw a huge bowl of grapes sitting on the top shelf. They were there because Madison and Sarah particularly enjoy eating green, seedless grapes. I like them too – yet, after they’ve been there for a week or so, I don’t particularly enjoy the scavenger hunt that is required to sift through rotting grapes to find the last few edible ones. Occasionally, I get one in my mouth that looked ok, but tastes rotten!

In his book about pursuing God, Wild Goose Chase, Mark Batterson observed that when fruit is no longer ripening it’s rotting – if it’s not growing, it’s dying. Our vision is like that – vision that is not being developed and being fleshed out in our decisions and actions, is dying. There is no middle ground, no status quo in the vision life.

Let’s determine today to live a life of vision that is continually growing and is evidenced in our everyday decisions and actions! Isn’t that cool? You can learn something from a grape.