About oneta hayes
ABOUT ME
Hello. To various folks I am Neat’nee, Mom, Grandma Neta, Gramma, Aunt Neta, Aunt Noni, Aunt Neno, and Aunt Neto (lots of varieties from little nieces and nephews). To some I’m more like “Didn’t you used to be my teacher?” or “Don’t I know you from someplace?” To you, perhaps, I am a Fellow Blogger. Not “fellow” like a male or a guy, but “fellow” like a companion or an adventurer. I would choose to be Grandma Blogger, and have you pull up a chair, my website before you, while I tell you of some days of yore. I have experienced life much differently than most of you. It was and is a good life. I hope to share nuggets of appreciation for those who have gone before me and those who come after me. By necessity you are among those who come after me and I will tell you of those who came before. Once upon a time in a little house on a prairie - oops, change that lest I commit plagiarism - and change that “house on the prairie” to “dugout on the prairie.” So my story begins...
Thank you. Today we (My husband and I) have journeyed again to the reading about the FRUITS of the Spirit. Love….ie DIVINE LOVE comes about only from an intimate relationship with God. His Spirit alone produces this fruit….in a human context it would be ‘impossible’ to love this way. In a Spiritual capacity when connected to the VINE the impossible can indeed become possible. Bless and thanks again for inspiration.
Growing in the fruit of the Spirit – we can have no greater personal goal. There is a sense of our being able to demonstrate a “fruit” but to really grow spiritually is a gift from the Holy Spirit. For instance, I might decide I’m going to be kind today, so I set out to do three kind things. I do them, but I haven’t really grown “kind” in the Spirit until I am “kind” naturally – without thought. I’m going to have to think this through! If I don’t want to be kind, should I do it anyway. Yes. That’s the way to become kind. Is that right? 😀
“The amount of love we have will probably equal the amount of God we have.” What an awesome observation, Oneta! I gotta write that down. And I think you’re spot on. Loved this post! ❤
Thank you, Calen. Nice words and I love it that you take them to heart. Maybe we can all do some growing together.
Lovely post, Oneta! Thanks for reminding me to examine my heart and to check myself when others treat me with a little less love than they could. That’s when I should love them even more from the overflow that’s in my heart. May blessings abound, sister!
I guess one of the reasons the Lord leaves his kids on this earth is to learn to be like him; and love seems to be the best indicator of being like him. Thanks, Michelle, for reading and commenting.
Indeed, Oneta.