This does not seem like something we would necessarily see as good. I realize that God's ways are higher than my ways, so does this mean that God will take away things as we grow in service to him?
John 15:2
ESV - 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
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