Luke 13

I really like Jesus' analogy of the Fig tree.

⁶ Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. ⁷ So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
⁸ “‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. ⁹ If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

It makes a lot of sense to me.  If you really love figs.....and you plant the tress, in order to get the fruit...and then the tree doesn't produce, you would eventually see that you need to cut it down and start again.  That really made me see humanity from a different perspective.  But the last line..........it reminds me of when Abaraham was trying to make a deal with God before destroying Sodom and Gamorah.  If you can find 10 righteous men living there........just give me a little more time.  From God's point of view, why would he waste the good soil on a tree that isn't producing the fruit.

Theres a lot of really good stuff in here. 

I can't help but draw some questions around the driving out of demons, (that seems to be in all of the gospel books) and all of the mental health issues that are in the news lately.  It makes me wonder if these people have some sort of evil possession going on.  Destroy, and Kill is the devil's mission in this world.  It looks like he is doing a really good job.  We have a couple of kids in our lives that remind me of the connecticut situation.  It makes me wonder for their future.  It also makes me wonder what I should be doing for them now....as a follower of Christ.
I don't know........something to spend some time in prayer about.