Comments on: Oh, the fruit of the spirit is … http://www.runningland.com/2009/04/23/the-fruit-of-the-spirit/ Olympian, Joan Nesbit Mabe, waxes (and wanes) philosophical. Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:36:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tori http://www.runningland.com/2009/04/23/the-fruit-of-the-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-143014 Tori Tue, 12 May 2009 18:03:38 +0000 http://www.runningland.com/2009/04/23/the-fruit-of-the-spirit/#comment-143014 This is a wonderful list. and I don't think that self-control is as odd a duck as it first seems. patience, kindness, gentleness all require self-control. And especially faithfulness - with out self-control that determination, foresight, and calmness of spirit faithfulness becomes a very difficult task to accomplish. Maybe self-control should come earlier in the list because I think many of these stem from that trait. This is a wonderful list. and I don’t think that self-control is as odd a duck as it first seems.

patience, kindness, gentleness all require self-control. And especially faithfulness – with out self-control that determination, foresight, and calmness of spirit faithfulness becomes a very difficult task to accomplish.

Maybe self-control should come earlier in the list because I think many of these stem from that trait.

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