We make mistakes with our hearts’ choices, but we are to use the mistakes to turn around and get it right. If you stumble, just get right back up! In these experiences, we see God’s strengths: caring patience, tender concern, captivating love, and perfect justice. You learn about yourself and the personality of God. Endure hardship because God is treating you as a son. If you are abiding in the True Vine, then you are a legitimate branch—a child of the sovereign God of the universe—and He loves you.

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