I totally love the fruits that we get during the Summer – I love peaches, strawberries, cherries, rhubarb, apricots, figs, blueberries, . . . . I LOVE these fruits!!  I love to use them in pies, tortes, grilled, fresh, with cream, . . . . .  There have even been a few occasions when I’ve eaten so many of these that I’ve gotten sick
 Nevertheless, Summer fruits are delicious!!  These are season fruits that can be harvested in the Summer.  So I try to eat as many of them as I can while they’re available.
But I also think about these fruits in relation to the fruits of the Holy Spirit that Paul discusses in Galatians 5 – fruits like patience, love, peace, self-control, joy, gentleness, goodness, kindness and faithfulness. Â I LOVE it when I have these fruits in my life – seems like life is more enjoyable & effective. Â But here’s my challenge, I’ve tried to make myself be patient & boy was that a disaster! Â I’ve tried to be more loving, only to find myself venting on someone who was undeserving of such wrath. Â I’ve tried to be gentle, only to find myself bumbling through emotional land mines. Â I’ve come to this conclusion – these things are the fruit of the SPIRIT, not the fruit of Sarah. Â With this flash of brilliance, my main objective now, is to live increasingly sensitive to the Holy Spirit. Â You see, the more I’m around the Holy Spirit, the more these consequences / fruits become observable in my life and the Fruit of the Spirit far surpasses any peach, strawberry, cherry, rhubarb, blueberry, apricot or fig ,)
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