“Fruit” | Reflection by Linda Becconsall, Business Manager at Trinity (March 23)

Artwork by Sheila S. Smith

LOVE: “Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

JOY: “When I say, ‘My foot is slipping,’ your mercy, LORD, holds me up. When cares increase within me, your comfort gives me joy.” – Psalm 94:18-19

PEACE: “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” – John 14:27

PATIENCE: “The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard ‘delay,’ but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” — 1 Peter 3:9

KINDNESS: “[And] be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ.” — Ephesians 4:32

GOODNESS: “To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of your calling and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in him according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.” – 2 Thessalonians 1:10-11

FAITHFULNESS: “But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.” — 2 Thessalonians 3:3

GENTLENESS: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. — Matthew 11:28-29

SELF-CONTROL: “For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control.” — 2 Timothy 1:7