Fruits of the spirit is not a coconut

In the summer of 2007 I worked at a all boys summer camp in North Carolina and i have to say it was one of my favorite summers of all time. We would teach these Sunday school songs to the kids which they loved! one of them was called the fruits of the spirits is not a coconut. It would go something like this (just imagine my soft but powerful singing voice lol ). "the fruit of the spirit is NOT a coconut, the fruit of the spirit is NOT a coconut, the fruit of the spirit is NOT a coconut for the Bible tells me so, they are... Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, faithfulness, Gentleness and Self control." Most of the time this was screamed super loud and you could not hear for about an hour.

Recently I have been thinking a lot about what the 9 fruits are and this is my thought process so far (they are not finished thoughts by the way). The 9 fruits come straight from God, they are 9 of his attributes and are apart of his personality. What this means is that God's Love, God's Joy, God's Peace, God's Patience, God's Kindness, God's Goodness, God's Faithfulness, God's Gentleness and God's Self control are from the Holy Spirit. The great thing about these attributes is they can be ours as well. I personally need all 9 of these in my life daily. The sad realization that I am coming too is I use only a couple of these in my life. I should probably stop making excuses and take advantage of these amazing gifts God himself gives us.

Thats all for now,

Stephen