When Isaiah predicted that spears would become pruning hooks, that's a reference to cultivating. Pruning and trimming and growing and paying close at… - Rob Bell

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When Isaiah predicted that spears would become pruning hooks, that's a reference to cultivating. Pruning and trimming and growing and paying close attention to the plants and whether they're getting enough water and if their roots are deep enough. Soil under the fingernails, grapes being trampled under bare feet, fingers sticky from handling fresh fruit.

It's that green stripe you get around the sole of your shoes when you mow the lawn.

Life in the age to come.
Earthy.

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About Rob Bell

Robert Holmes "Rob" Bell Jr. (born August 23, 1970) is an American author, speaker and former pastor.

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Alternative Names: Robert Holmes Bell Jr.
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