Life is Sweeter with Fruit

Life really is better and sweeter with fruit! Wouldn’t you agree? Galations 5:22-23 tells us about the fruit of the Spirit in the photo above.

If I’m walking in close relationship with Jesus, my life should exhibit all of these traits. I read something that emphasized the word fruit here is singular, so keep that in mind. Let’s picture this fruit as a package (like an Amazon package 😊) and inside this package are all these characteristics. I can choose to unpack it, implement, and practice using the contents. And if I do, it will make my life better (sweeter), OR I can just let it sit there unused.

What does my life look like if I choose to have Jesus in my heart but ignore having the fruit of the Spirit in my life? That means I live a life without (real and genuine) love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Y’all, that life looks like the opposite of each of those things…Lonely…Sad…Turmoil…Impatient…Rude…Immoral…Disloyal…Harsh…Undisciplined!! This is NOT what I want my life to look like!! Do you?!?

I believe if we just begin to REALLY understand the love of Jesus and then try to love that way in our own lives, the other characteristics that are the Fruit of the Spirit will begin to show up in us, giving us a life that is full and resembles Jesus. Now, THAT sounds like a life I want to live! Don’t you?!? Let’s practice having these characteristics in our lives and watch how it changes us and makes our lives SO MUCH SWEETER!