Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-320).

"Most of us have times when, if we are honest, we'd admit to feeling like our lives are embarrassingly small and insignificant. Times when it seems like we're going through a whole lot of pain and striving without much to show for it. Like our daily pursuits don't really matter in the long run. At times like that, we can't help wondering if we really matter-to the world or even to God. In Chasing Vines, Beth Moore gives us a new hope, revealing the abundant secrets of a fruitful, Kingdom-building, God-pleasing life. Tracing the images of vinedresser, vine, branch, and fruit through Scripture, and sharing stories from her own journey, Beth shows us how nothing in our lives is wasted. Not the place we've been planted. Not the painful pruning. Not even the manure that gets dumped on us when we least expect it. Beth is convinced from Scripture that every person who knows Jesus is meant to thrive in fruitfulness. Life might not always be fun, but in Christ, it can always be immensely fruitful. Nothing is for nothing. Join Beth on her journey of discovering what it means to chase vines-and learn how everything changes when we understand and fully embrace God's amazing design for growing us into fruitful, meaningful, abundant life"--,Provided by publisher.

Most of us have times when it seems like we're going through a whole lot of pain and striving without much to show for it. Moore traces the images of vinedresser, vine, branch, and fruit through Scripture in order to show us how nothing in our lives is wasted. Not the place we've been planted; not the painful pruning; not even the manure that gets dumped on us when we least expect it. Every person who knows Jesus knows life might not always be fun, but in nothing is for nothing. Moore shows how to fully embrace God's amazing design for growing us into fruitful, meaningful, abundant life. -- adapted from back cover