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In Galatians 5 verse 22 we read about the fruit of the spirit. Everything starts with love and love covers all. If you have love, there is joy in your soul and joy brings peace. Peace did and can reach a lot of goodness. "Mark my words," as Paul said in verse 2, "Do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery". We slave ourselves into sadness with our sinful nature.The author realised that her lifestyle of impurity, debauchery, idolatry, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of...
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In Galatians 5 verse 22 we read about the fruit of the spirit. Everything starts with love and love covers all. If you have love, there is joy in your soul and joy brings peace. Peace did and can reach a lot of goodness. "Mark my words," as Paul said in verse 2, "Do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery". We slave ourselves into sadness with our sinful nature.The author realised that her lifestyle of impurity, debauchery, idolatry, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and drunkenness, were ruining her life and those around her.She longed for love and none of her decisions or efforts eased her pain; in fact, her life became worse by everything she tried or did. She messed up not only her life but her children were affected greatly by her choices too. Ultimately she ended up bitterly unhappy, unhealthy, broke and full of self-pity, resentment and ugliness. To gain strength and self-discipline again was hard, a path she knew she could only walk with faith in Christ. He helped her at her lowest point of life and her greatest breakthrough was from Him and with Him.There is a message for every reader in this book. We make choices and have to live by them, but those choices do not have to overpower our lives and bring us daily miseries. Hope is in those who believe in it. God is love. He is love and not our wealth, possessions and even family. We can lose everything easily, but God never forsakes or leaves us. If we have His love in us, we will also have the responsibility and discipline to make healthy decisions, not to destroy or harm each other. If we do mess up, He will walk us through the storms, teach us and set us right.