Tag Archive for ‘gifts of Holy Spirit’

Joy

The emotion of great delight caused by something exceptionally good.  Dictionary.com What is the joy of the Holy Spirit like? Maybe it’s like the joy we feel when meeting a new-born baby. Maybe this joy is always inside us and needs to be uncovered. From joy comes humour. Barbara was in a real flap, bustling […]

Twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit (cont’d)

Patience 1 Bearing provocation without complaint, loss of temper etc; quiet, steady perserverance. Dictionary.com  For me, patience is often about waiting for things to happen in God’s time and being able to accept this in good grace. Barbara was a mother of four boys. Barbara prayed hard in her third and final pregnancy for a […]