Everyday I receive a short devotional from one of my favorite authors, John Eldredge. The following is an excerpt from one I recently received.

"From the very beginning, back before the Fall and the assault, ours was meant to be a desperately dependent existence. It's like a tree and its branches, explains Christ. You are the branches, I am the trunk. From me you draw your life; that's how it was meant to be. In fact, he goes on to say, "Apart from me you can do nothing" (John 15:5). He's not berating us or mocking us or even saying it with a sigh, all the while thinking, I wish they'd pull it together and stop needing me so much. Not at all. We are made to depend on God; we are made for union with him, and nothing about us works right without it."

As I read this over coffee, I was incredibly convicted, and of course I thought I should pass it on to all of you...so here goes.