Take a minute to stop and think about what challenges you face on a daily basis. Or, maybe it's not a daily basis but it happens often enough to drive you crazy. How do you make it through each situation? What goes through your mind? Are you gracious, kind and polite? Or, do you let the situation control you and you do things that you regret afterward. My goodness, I don't think there is a person alive who is exempt from character trying circumstances. These situations either strip off the facade you have created or they reveal the fruits of the Spirit you put into practice. Isn't it amazing how God knows just what to lay in our path to make sure we are tested to the perfect degree. Ahh yes, thanks God, setting that plate of of bitter items before me to see if I will eat them with grace, knowing they are good for me but taste awful going down. And who knows when we have passed the test. Maybe we know we have overcome when those trying situations aren't so trying any more. But, once those have passed there is always something else, always something to make sure we are exercising our scrumptious fruits of the Spirit. Mmmm, everything is so much sweeter when we use those tasty little fruits to help us get through those pesky little tests.
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