"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other." Galatians 5:22-26
I was reading through my previous blog posts and recurring theme that comes up is love. Love is one of the fruit of the Spirit and one of the hardest for me to live out. I am realizing each day that I am a selfish human being and I fail at love. I say I love my family but am I really loving them? I say I love my friends but do I show it? I say I love my neighbors but do I stop to talk to them? To be honest, I am no good at loving people all on my own. It's only through God's love and seeing how Jesus loves that I get a glimpse of what love really is. I am amazed at God's love. His love is so big that I cannot fathom how a God can love a small person like me. Some days I feel unlovable but I soon realize that I am lovable and need to affirm that. Reading through the Word, God points to His love for us and I am in awe. Knowing that God loves me should produce an overwhelming joy but I forget and soon I am flooded with what world tries to tell me that I am not lovely. I am thankful that Holy Spirit tugs at my heart and says to me God loves me and thinks highly of me. Who am I? I am daughter of most high God and God chose me to be His child. I am follower of Christ, disciple striving to be more like Christ. I fail but He picks me up and tells me to keep going. Life is not about being happy or gaining more material possession but it's about bringing God the glory in my life and living out the love that He gives me. It's still a hard concept to grasp but I know one day God will reveal it to me. While I struggle with what I am suppose to be doing with my life, I know that in God's timing, He will show me and guide me. So I wait for my Lord to direct my paths. May God's presence be with you and my love of Christ overwhelm you today!
