Galatians 5:22-23– But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Have you ever seen a fruit with seeds that are all equal in size?

Or fruits from one tree with all equal sized seeds e.g. Mango tree?

No? Neither have I.

They tend to vary in size… Some big, others small and some others really tiny.

Although sizes differ, they all have the potential to produce a tree with is own fruit. Once planted, the size of the seed will not determine whether the fruit produced will be large, small or tiny.

Your fruit is your identity.

The seeds are your character traits. Just aa seeds differ in size, your traits also differ in robustness. Somethings you have in abundance, others you might have in tiny quotas.

Do you worry that the size of your ‘love seed‘ is small compared to other less pleasant seeds you have within you? Or that your ‘patience seed‘ is quite wee and cannot sustain you in that family, relationship or environment?

It is ok!

Plant it anyway!

The seed will produce fruit that is the same varying size as those large seeds. You just need to sow it!

Maybe you think, there is more work required for a small seed vs. a large one.

Anything planted requires a work! Tending, weeding, watering, pruning….

This work cannot be discarded regardless of the size of the seed.

So your small seed has just as much potential as the next person’s large seed.

The question is:

Will you sow it?

Will you tend to it?

Will you do the work that will transform that potential energy into kinetic energy?

I am asking myself the same.