“Fruit of the Spirit: Love and Happiness”

 

Delivered by Ruling Elder James Parks,

June 25, 2017

Text: Galatians 5:16-26

When I was growing up in the mountains of western North Carolina I loved to go exploring in the woods near our house. I particularly enjoyed picking and eating wild strawberries, wild blueberries and blackberries and honeysuckle that I found as I walked. Those were the days when you could eat fruit off the tree or vine without worrying about pesticides and pollutants in the food.

I still love those fruits, but what you buy in the stores these days does not taste nearly as good as what I picked as a boy. So whenever Laurice and I are traveling down a rural road we like to stop and get fresh-picked fruit from the farmers’ stands along the way. There’s just nothing like the real thing. Continue reading ““Fruit of the Spirit: Love and Happiness””