Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Galatians 5:22-26
by: Trisha Gerstel.
Many people can be heard saying (in one way or another), “I would like to be a good person.” Maybe they are speaking to a hospice volunteer and say, “I envy your gentleness.” Or perhaps they come across a Pre-K teacher and chuckle, “You have a lot more patience than I do!” I myself have spoken these sorts of words on several occasions. The truth is, of course, that true goodness can come only from God, and His Spirit is ready to grow His good fruit in our hearts only when we give our lives over to Him fully.