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I sat for a while and pondered how I react and respond to my children when they are on my last nerve. I know that at times I can be short tempered and don't always remember to hold my tongue...and then I wonder why my children respond in the same manner to each other. How can I expect them to respond to each other in a Godly manner when I don't always model for them love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, self-control, and gentleness? I guess that means I'm not always filled with those things and I should be.
So for a while I plan to spend time really trying to figure out what is causing me to not always be so "fruitful" and I need to weed those things out. In that process, I hope that I am able to start living out the fruit the God intends for me and to share with my kids so they can start to grow and tend their own fruit.