You will know them by their fruit…

A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. [Matthew 12:35]

When people see my life, I want them to see Jesus. There’s nothing else that matters. The verse above says that a man [woman] will bring about good things out of the good stored up in him. The Lord has given me a desire to share from those delicate areas He has stored up inside me. He has given me an outlet in writing that has been used in the past to lead people to Himself. I cannot see that fulfillment of my one desire to have people know Jesus and not share.

I usually hesitate to share the things I write but I realized that the hesitation comes from fear and fear is not of God. It is not good fruit. Luke 6:43-45 says “A good tree doesn’t produce bad fruit; on the other hand, a bad tree doesn’t produce good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs aren’t gathered from thorn bushes, or grapes picked from a bramble bush. A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.”

I want the words shared here to be from the stores of my heart. The things I’m learning, and the things I have poured time and energy into learning. I want to share the good fruit that comes from that. My prayer is that by reading these words you find both boldness and comfort in Jesus. Most of these musings will be the deeply emotional and spiritual interworking’s of my heart and will be centered around my current season. Because motherhood is the season I’m in right now, many of these words will be about that. I’ll share some musings from past seasons as well, but for the most part, they will be current thoughts and lessons learned.

My overall hope is that these words bring you peace and the good good fruit of the Lord.