The 10th Fruit

“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” Galations 5:22-23

The 10th Fruit

Lauren,my wise, goofy,peek-a-boo two year old
Who wears snow boots with tutus,
Loves adventures in a car wash,
And thinks ducks need diapers
Has added a new fruit of the Spirit
Now I see it all around, in God’s nature
Though it wasn’t mentioned in Galations.
An expansion, a new chapter of “Child-like Faith”
To love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness
Faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control,
Lauren has added Playfulness- when life is . . .
Sing when you don’t know the words
Dance when there’s no music
giggle till you can’t breathe
tickle till you can’t talk
sneak-around-the-corner
Skip-around-the-room
Spin-around-in-circles
Blanket-flapping bird
Sheet-draping tent
All-fours barking dog
Arm-swinging elephant
Always Running out
Never Sleeping in
Lip-smacking
Fruit-snacking
Tree Climbing
Ant finding
Sliding down
Jumping up
Hopscotch
Handstand
To and Fro
Tip toe
True
You