I’m being pruned to be,
a whole lot more like Him
God is cutting away
each fruitless, useless limb.
He’s sniping at my pride,
my smugness and my ego
so His life in mine . . .
will finally start to show.
He’s trimming each branch,
until their shaped and formed
He isn’t going to stop until
in Him I am transformed.
He’s cutting out the dead wood,
striping back what is loathed
until each new branch
in Him is fully clothed.
Although at first it hurts,
all this cutting and trimming
I know that one day to Him
I’m going to look amazing.
I’m being cut and snipped,
God’s pruning me limb by limb
until I resemble someone . . .
who looks a whole lot like Him!
~~~~~~~~~
John 15:2
King James Version
“Every branch in me that beareth
not fruit he taketh away:
and every branch that
beareth fruit, he purgeth it
that it may bring
forth more fruit.”
Copyright 2013
Deborah Ann Belka
July 29th, 2019 at 3:32 PM
You got lots of poems from your archive!
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July 30th, 2019 at 8:32 AM
Yep 🙂 I revise them and reblog them from time to time!
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July 30th, 2019 at 12:06 PM
That’s good
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August 2nd, 2019 at 7:34 AM
🙂
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August 2nd, 2019 at 10:46 AM
😎
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July 28th, 2019 at 5:34 PM
Reblogged this on Madison Elizabeth Baylis.
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July 30th, 2019 at 8:24 AM
Thank you so much Jeremy for blessing me with a reblog of my post 🙂 ~ to GOD be the GLORY ~
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July 28th, 2019 at 12:00 PM
[…] From The Poem: Getting Me A Trim […]
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April 19th, 2013 at 12:11 AM
“I’m gonna look amazing”–I LOVE that line!! Me too, and I wish it were sooner than later!
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April 19th, 2013 at 9:59 AM
Yes, when the trimming is all over with . . . I will have been shaped into His image . . . and that will look amazing! ~ Blessings ~
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April 17th, 2013 at 7:54 PM
Thank you for encouraging us in the pruning times! God bless you!
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April 19th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
There is always a need for a trimming it seems . . . and right now I am getting me a good one! ~ Blessings ~
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April 17th, 2013 at 5:19 PM
I love this post!
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April 17th, 2013 at 7:11 PM
I can’t wait to see the end results 🙂 ~ Blessings ~
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April 17th, 2013 at 6:24 AM
Thank you! Glory be to God for His trimming! Blessings as you take His shape!
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April 17th, 2013 at 7:45 AM
He has been trimming, cutting and pruning me for quite some time and I still can see more snipping ahead 🙂 But, I rather be trimmed here, than cast into the fire later . . . ~ Blessings ~
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