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| Snakefruit (or salak) is rough and scaly on the outside. But if you work through to the inside of a ripe fruit, the flesh has an interesting, tangy taste that admittedly not everyone appreciates. I have discovered, though that snakefruit makes an absolutely delicious substitution for apples in a pie if you cook them slightly first. Like seeking peace in the midst of difficult relationships, the outcome is well worth the effort. |
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
(Galatians 5:22-23)
May
I ask you a question? Yes?
OK. Now, please take time to answer it to yourself before reading on.
What
characterizes your life when peace is lacking?
Do
you have an answer? Most likely, your first thoughts contained words like “frantic,
turmoil, tension, fighting, shouting, indigestion”. When we think of a life
lacking in peace, we often think in opposites. Things that are so different that
there is no doubt peace is lacking.
In
this series, we are not looking at the easily recognizable opposites to each of
the fruits of the Spirit. We are looking at the counterfeits to the “real deal”
spiritual fruit that the world...or Satan...tries to pass off as genuine.
