Pleasing the Spirit

"The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life."  Galatians 6:8

 Alyssa & Kyle 2004

Oh the sinful nature is so easy to appease sometimes...
Anger.
Bitterness.
Selfishness.
Greed.
Envy.
And I'm really good at gluttony (ugh).

It takes more effort, a conscious decision, and so much discipline to choose the opposite responses to the sinful nature inside me.  But kindness, humility, forgiveness, and patience are the responses God truly delights in.  When we exude those things, we reflect Him living in us, and we reap the abundant and joyful life God has for us.  

Oh to be "the one who sows to please the Spirit".  That is this mother's prayer for her children (and herself) today!

Lord, you are so good, and you are in everything that is good.  If you are living in our lives, we should reflect all that you are.  Help Alyssa and Kyle to recognize when they are sowing to please their sinful nature, because if they don't it will reap destruction.  Rather, I pray that they will the one who sows to please you in everything they say and do.  For from you they will reap eternal life.  Thank you for working internally in our children's lives, and carrying onto completion the work you are doing in their lives.  Transform Alyssa and Kyle from the inside out, dear Jesus, and may they forever be your children!  Eternal life in you is the greatest treasure of all!