Commonway Church

A grapevine on its own, it's just going to trail along in the dirt. And when that happens, the branches get all tangled. The leaves sometimes smother the grapes. The fruit is vulnerable to pests and to rot. And that's why every good, healthy vineyard has a trellis. The trellis, it doesn't produce the grapes at all. It's not what does that. It's not the engine that drives it. What it does is it gives the vine and the branches a structure on which to grow. It lifts the branches so they can get sunlight and air. It guards the fruit from lying in the mud where it can spoil. And it guides the vine's growth in a direction that leads to healthy abundance.