Galatians 5:22-23

"But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.   Galatians 5:22-23


Why choose the fruits of the spirit for the header to this blog? I was raised as a Christian. So, my "values" growing up were those set forth by my parents growing up in a Christian enviornment. But I never thought of them as "Christian", but as the way decent people lived. Now as an adult in my personnal walk with Christ I see these "values" more clearly. I'm not an "intellectual". What I am is passionate about how I feel. I want to share and learn and grow. I want to live everyday of my life living out the fruits of the spirit. Do I succeed? Yeah, right! I fail miserably. But what I hope is that I grow each day learning from my mistakes. Did I hurt you today? Maybe. If I did I'm sorry. I pray that you approach me with a forgiving heart, knowing that is not my intent. My joy is found through love when my faith is lived out in a way that is patient and kind and good, and that my heart would be meek as I live a temperate life. 
OK - so with that being said. These values are so much more. As neighbors on this planet I pray that we treat eachother with all of these and more. There is a website called values.com. You may not have realized it but there is a campaign of commercials encouraging each of us to pay it forward, so to speak. Check it out. If we each woke up every day looking for ways to reach out to our neighbor, what would the world look like? I have more words to share. More values that jumped off of the page at me which I will share later.
This is fun! I am a frustrated writer at heart. Share your thoughts on one or all of the FOTS. My life and mood moves to music. Right now I'm listening to Casting Crowns, If We Are The Body. Good Providence!