brrr.. chilly morning.
it rained through the whole of last night. and is still raining.
today i was led to Galatians 5:22.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." - Galatians 5:22-23i noticed that all the qualities are described as the fruit of the Spirit, not fruits.
this means they are collective - they come together as a package deal.
if Mr Holy Spirit lives in you, and if ur spirit being is growing, then what is promised is the WHOLE lot up there and not dribsanddrabs of hitherandthither.
sometimes we kid ourselves so:
aiya i'm ok la, i'm quite kind what, and patient and gentle.. i think i'm a good Christian.
wake up and smellthecoffee my dear friend, its the fruit of the Spirit.
LESSON #1: ONE quality missing = not quite the whole fruit yet.
APPLICATION #1: realise we are lacking. and invite the Spirit to RESIDE in u!
LESSON #2: fruit of the Spirit, not fruit of ________________(your name here).
APPLICATION #2: don't try so hard to be patientkindgentlegood etc. fruit GROWS from the Spirit. so all u have to do is WATER the Spirit.
i noticed, too, that my entry title yesterday contained a FRUIT.
coincidence again? i don't think so.
water the Spiritual fruit tree TODAY.
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