Fruit of the Spirit Friday - All The Fruits...
Friday, February 8, 2008
Bible verse of the Day:
Galatians 5:22 & 23
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
I am again participating in Mrs. Sampson's Meme, The Fruit Of The Spirit Friday. I forgot to do it last week, sorry. Onto the post!
The Fruit of the Spirit are so simple, and so easy to follow. It is easy to love someone. It is easy to have joy everyday. What about being peaceable with everyone you live with? Longsuffering? It's also easy to be gentle to one who is not being gentle to you. Goodness, easy to be good to someone too. Faithful, c'mon, help me out here! Meekness, the same as being humble. Temperance: you can control your temper, and can control your own actions.
This week's lesson is being peaceable with everyone, because "a soft answer turns away wrath," as the Bible clearly tells us. Proverbs 15:18 says, "A wrathful man stirreth up strife, but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife." Also, if you go to chapter three, verse 30, it says, "Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm." So, if you don't have a good reason (which most of the time no one has a good reason for arguing) there shouldn't be any strife or contention in your house.
Proverbs 21:9 says "It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house." If you want peace in your home, you are to "If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceable with all men." That is Romans 12:18. What about James 3:18? "And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace." "The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with." Proverbs 17:14. Also, check out Proverbs 18:19, where it says that an offened brother is harder to win than a strong city. Ephesians 4:26, don't let the sun do down with your anger. Matthew 5:39-41, don't insist on rights.
Since I have given you a few verses to look at and ponder, you can decide for yourself if you have peace in your home, and if not, how to accomplish having peace. In case anyone here has never read the entire verses of the Fruit of the Spirit, here they are: "Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance: against such there is no law." That is in Galations 5: 22-23. Read the verses above those ones to get a better understanding of what Paul is talking about.
I admit that I haven't been some of the above with Blondie lately. Since she cut her paw, I have gotten a lot more frustrated with her for not holding still while I put her bandage on or put a plastic bag over it to keep it from getting wet. I think it would qualify for these Fruits: Love, Longsuffering, Gentleness, and Temperance. I need to have more love for her, than just thinking she is being a pain in the backside with her paw. Longsuffering would be for dealing with her instead of getting mad every time she gets her bandage off. I need to be more Gentle with her when I am dealing with her. Controling my temper is one of the worst things I need to work on right now. I haven't been feeling very well these past couple of days, and I am afraid that I haven't been a very kind and gentle, including meek and loving sister to my siblings. Or the animals for that matter. But I am not perfect, and so I falter in many things. Everyone needs prayer, and so do I. :o)
Thank you for reading this week's Fruit of the Spirit Friday Meme.
Rachel
I hope you have enjoyed reading the thoughts of a fourteen-year-old girl from the country."You can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens you!" Philippians 4:13
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Thursday, February 14, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by ellygirl11
i luv your blog! it makes me think of scripture in a whole new way
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