But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22-23 New Living Translation ********** Kindness is behavior marked by acts of friendliness, generosity, consideration, or concern for others, helping without expecting praise or reward. Its…
Author: Pam R
“The Wind and the Leaves”
by George Cooper “Come, little leaves,” said the wind one day.“Come o’er the meadows with me, and play’Put on your dress of red and gold,—Summer is gone, and the days grow cold.” Soon as the leaves heard the wind’s loud call,Down they came fluttering, one and all;Over the brown fields they danced and flew,Singing the…
Patience
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22-23 New Living Translation ********** Did you notice that there is a Christian virtue left off the list? Hope is not mentioned! I wonder if that…
Peace
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22-23 New Living Translation ********** We are inclined to think of Peace as the absence of conflict, internal or external – or both. But Biblical peace…
Joy
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22-23 New Living Translation Where there is love, there is joy. Mother Teresa “… the joy of the Lord is your strength!” (Nehemiah 8:10b NLT) I usually read this verse as meaning that God gives…
Love
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22-23 New Living Translation We are used to defining love in terms of emotion, and the way another person or thing makes us feel. But in the Bible, love is…
Harvest
In Bible times, a good harvest meant being able to live through the coming winter. In much of the world, that is still true. There is another crop discussed in the Bible: the Fruit of the Spirit, cultivated in God’s people.But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace,…
Happiness is …
“All is Well..”
Many people are suffering— crushed by the weight of their troubles.But the Lord is a refuge for them, a safe place they can run to. Psalm 9:9 Easy-to-Read Version All Shall be Well by Ann Lewin “All shall be well..”She must have said thatsometimes through gritted teeth.Surely she knew the momentswhen fear gnaws at trust,the future loses shape,The courage…
Julian of Norwich
Julian of Norwich (1343 – after 1416) was an English anchoress (religious recluse), devoted to prayer. During her life the Black Death reached Norwich and probably killed over half the population. There were more outbreaks up to 1387. Julian lived during the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. Those were deadly times, much like our own. “When I was thirty years old and a half, God sent…