“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control…” — Galatians 5:22-23 On the trail, you can’t tell a tree’s health from the root system, which is buried. But its appearance above ground tells the true story. If the branches sag, and the bark shows splits and cracks, the tree is likely in trouble. Fruit, if it...
“Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.” — James 1:19-20 Epictetus (c. 50–135 AD) is credited with saying, “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” James 1:19–20 speaks to something most men don’t like to admit—we are often more reactive than we realize. We...