Kindness….

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy peace, longsuffering, kindness…” Galatians 5:22 Kindness is the next fruit to talk about. If you have seen my posts on Facebook during the month of March, you would have seen a “kindness tip” each day. Everything from how we can show kindness to those in our…

Give Me Patience! Now!

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy peace, longsuffering…” Galatians 5:22 Welcome back, as we continue with our discussion about having the evidence of “The Fruit of the Spirit” in our lives. We were all deeply grateful and encouraged by Shawnna’s writing on how having peace has helped her to get through this…

Peace in the Storms of Life!

  “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace….” Galatians 5:22 We have talked about the fruit of love and joy as we are doing a quick discussion on the Fruit of the Spirit.   How are you doing on memorizing Galatians 5:22-23? Today, we will touch on the fruit of “peace.”   In…

How’s Your Joy?

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy….” Galatians 5:22 In my last post, we talked about the Fruit of the Spirit and focused on love. Today, we will take a quick look at joy. We all know people who we would describe as joyful. They are happy, funny and always excited about something….

Do You Have Love?

  “But the fruit of the Spirit is love….” Galatians 5:22 In this passage the word love is speaking of an Agape Love, (unselfish commitment) which is God’s love. When you have God’s love in your life, it will bubble out in every situation. Yes, even the not so pleasant events of life. This love…

Is Your Fruit Showing?

  During the month of March, each of the 31 days on my FaceBook, I posted a “Kindness Tip.” I was encouraged to be more intentional in being kind to others. I will be listing those on my blog soon for those that don’t have FaceBook.   I was challenged by a friend to carry on…

Showing Kindness to the Homeless

If you follow me on FaceBook, you’ve followed along as I am sharing,  31 Kindness Tips, for the  month of March. Today, I wrote the following: “Kindness Tip #11 – Yesterday I saw a man on the corner with a sign that said he was needing help. What struck me was how healthy and young…

Intentional In Our Bible Reading!

Being intentional about spending time in God’s Word doesn’t come easy sometimes.  Especially, for people like me, who can procrastinate anything away. Have you ever gone a long time without reading your Bible?  How did it make you feel?  Did you feel distant from God?  Were you constantly yearning to get into your Bible and…

Friends Are Forever

May I introduce you to my friend, Karin Naylor? I’m pretty sure the year was 2000.  Our family had moved to Edmond, Oklahoma with our family business.  We leased a house since we didn’t know how long we would be there.  It was a beautiful house and in a very nice neighborhood.  I loved living…

2015! I’m Ready!

  2015!  I’m Ready!  (well, sort of) I’m in the middle of putting away my Christmas decor.  This is the part where I start second guessing myself wondering if I’m a bit out of control.  I think I know the answer to that.  Yes, I am.  I love Christmas with all the lights and glitter…