"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
What Grows in Your Garden?
When I was six, some adult convinced me that if I swallowed watermelon seeds, I'd grow a watermelon in my stomach. I spent that entire summer carefully spitting out every black seed, terrified of becoming some kind of human greenhouse.
Turns out, that's not how biology works. Humans grow other humans. Watermelons grow other watermelons. Apple trees produce apples, not oranges. This seems obvious now, but it reveals something profound about the nature of . . . well, nature itself: things can only produce what they are.
Which brings us to the fruit of the Spirit.
