"'Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?' But he answered and said to him, 'Sir, let it alone this year also, until....'" (Luke 13:8 a, b)
I too should have been, "Cut...down."
But my King and Savior, Jesus, as, "....the Keeper of His Vineyard," interceded for me and said to Father, "Sir, let it alone this year also, until...."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I so thank You for Your mercy on this, "....and found none", lost soul. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2