I’m starting a fruit of the spirit journal. Pretty basic stuff, but I know I definitely need to work on these. We can always be better. I’m starting with love and I’m starting with the most well-known scripture: John 3:16. I think it really sets the foundation for us.

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘯 3:16 𝘌𝘚𝘝

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎. 𝙰 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚒𝚐, 𝚒𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙰 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚎, 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎. 𝚆𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗’𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 – 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝙶𝚘𝚍 𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚂𝚘𝚗 – 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜! 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝙷𝚒𝚖 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 – 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜! 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙷𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝙶𝚘𝚍, 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚋𝚝𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚎𝚍…𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙷𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙶𝚘𝚍’𝚜 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚜, 𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑. 𝙶𝚘𝚍’𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚞𝚜 𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚒𝚖. 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚜, 𝙷𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚝, 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙶𝚘𝚍’𝚜 𝚊𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚞𝚜. 𝚂𝚘𝚊𝚔 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗. 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚒𝚝. 𝙴𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚝. 𝙱𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚝.