By contrast the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such thing. (Galatians 5:22-23).
My son Noah learned a song about the fruits of the spirit at a Virginia Synod youth event. It has become a family favorite.
The funny thing is that Heidi and I had a difficult time remembering the words. We actually practiced singing it while we were driving around Hawaii in December. We finally got it down.
I kind of felt like that experience was reminiscent of what it is like to put these fruits into practice during life. We may know some of them really well (i.e. love, kindness, faithfulness) but find others slipping our mind (i.e. generosity, gentleness, self-control). Keeping them ALL in play takes concentration and practice and repetition. It also takes working with others.
So, I will bring up this song with our family from time to time. Hopefully, together we can remember to live into the fruits of the spirit each day. May you do the same.
Loving Spirit, renew, recreate, and reshape our lives to look like Jesus. Amen.
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