March 8: Psalm 80:8 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.

A vine, or a vineyard, take a lot of patience and loving kindness and work before you see any sign of grapes. Years go by, years of watering and pruning and protection, before any results can be seen. That’s why God is always calling his people a vineyard or a vine—we are a lot of trouble, but we are his precious planting.