Fruit

"By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things." Galatians 5: 22-23.

Here I see what I can expect to manifest in my heart and soul as I learn a life "with-God". I guess you can say these are some of Gods charateristics which will "rub-off" on me. Once again, these things would certainly be hard to pratise and master without Gods guidance.

Another verse which shows an interesting insight is;

"A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit" Matthew 7: 18.

My inner life is exposed through my outward life / actions. This is profound to me. It's no good pretending to be nice, do the right things, accept people, show compassion, patience, generosity etc. What will show will be a reflection of my inner being (soul). So I have get back to getting my inner life in order - this is more inportant than anything else in regards to learning the "with-God" life.

So how do I go about seeking this learning, being taught to love God, love my neighbor and taste this fruit???