In TS503 the other night, we were discussing Galatians 5 and how to discern the Holy Spirit's presence in a church or person, and we spent some time in verses 22-23: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
This is, of course, in contrast with the 3 prior verses which list the obvious immoral deeds of the fallen human nature, against which the Spirit in us contends for dominance.
It occurred to me that I might spend some of the energies I use for writing haiku (which are usually so full of human emotions and experiences), to try to describe these fruits of the Spirit.
I took a crack at the first three, and will work on the rest over Memorial Day weekend while off at camp, cut off from cyberspace.
Comments welcome. :) There's still time to edit before I submit them to Christianity Today.
Yeah. Like they have a poetry corner.
Maybe Relevant magazine. They might bite.
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