To be cut down

I was reading last night my bible to calm my spirit. The Lord directed me to the book of Job. What a wonderful book. I found a revelation in Chapter 14:7. For the past 5 months I have been allowing myself to under go a pruning in my life. Some of it by choice and some by kicking and screaming. A cutting down. Before I read this I told my Leah, I felt that God had cut me down, and made me experience humility. He showed me I was a pharisee, so puffed up with pride. I didn't have love, I didn't have peace, I didn't have faith and the list could go on. What a sense of embarassment. Living you whole life as a christian, and not having christian values. Oh, that does not mean I didn't think I had them, because I thought I did. I had a form of truth, but I wasn't living the whole truth. It is a sad day when you fine out you are operating in a sense of truth, because you come to realize that the devil has got you right where he wants you. Believing you are good, and right. I heard a pastor the other day say. Truth is not a what but a person, Jesus. So I believe the Holy Spirit had me read this verse. "For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease." What a wonderful promise for a tree. If God can give this promise to a tree, how much more will he do with me.
So, I am so looking forward to seeing the new growth that will begin to sprout from my life.