The Bible reading for Sunday has Jesus telling a parable of a dead looking tree, and the owner looking for fruit. “Shall we cut it down?” “No, leave it, fertilize it, give it another year, and see what happens.”
Always, always, God offers opportunities to repent. These dead tress can bear fruit.
Like Ezekiel’s vision of the valley of dry bones – “Can these bones live?” The answer is yes, yes, yes.