The one move

The One Move

for when it’s coming apart

1. Stop generating. Notice the grip — the trying-to-be-the-vine. Name it: this isn’t mine to manufacture.
2. Return to the center. Not a method. A turn. I’m here. You’re here. I’m staying.
3. Believe both halves:
   — the promise: abide, and there is fruit.
   — the warning: apart from Him, I can do nothing.
4. Don’t count. Let the fruit be His to measure. Do the next thing.

You are the branch. The branch doesn’t strain. It stays.
— John 15:5