October 22, excerpt...Freshness Of The Spiritual Fruit Keeps Us From Spoiling OUR SAFETY The freshness of the spiritual fruit keeps a safe and secure environment from spoiling. Relating to our nervous system, fresh nutrients provide substance to stabilize our mind and nerves to reinforce our inward stability. In contrast, spoiled or stale foods contributes to the bodys instability due to a lack of proper nutrition. In a spiritual sense, when we are set aside into a tumultuous environment the spiritual fruit will keep us from spoiling. But, who would want to envision being a wall flower while the surrounding peers throw darts at you? That is not very nutritious feed for a flower to endure. Even so, people who are idle relating to the social environment often are exposed to various situations that could spoil the fruitfulness of their inner life. What they see is constantly full of violence or other conflict of potential bodily harm, even if just on television, or they see spats between peers, or other suggestions of turmoil. In conjunction with that, as they sit on the shelf they hear noises that are loud, abrupt, argumentative, and other hostile sounding noises. Even what they taste when they eat, or what they smell when they should be smelling roses, makes them cringe with residual spoilage of anger beginning to manifest. In essence, as a wall flower the hostile suggestions of the surrounding environment could make them begin to fear for their own bodily welfare. That includes beginning to fear domestic violence among those in the home while being helpless themselves, and living in a state of insecurity from an unsafe environment. The spoilage of the fruitfulness of inner life could manifest with harsh attitudes in an effort to protect themselves. Or there could be aggression towards people suspected of perpetrating harm on others, or even habitual conflict from the bacteria of turmoil churning within. In essence, when set aside into an intimidating environment we could become spoiled with attitudes that contributes to chaos. However, the freshness of the spiritual fruit keeps our inner life from spoiling to sustain us during unsettling circumstances. Whatever nasty stuff we hear, see, taste, smell, or sense, the fruit of peace, meekness, and gentleness gives us a serene tranquility to help us contribute to a safe and secure environment. The divine qualities of the spiritual fruit are able to transcend the horrors we might sense as a helpless wall flower. youtu.be/ckyOleOTjqk
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:03:54 +0000
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