In Galatians 5, Paul lists nine fruit of the Spirit. The one in the middle, (the fifth one) in my view, is often the most ignored and overlooked: It's kindness. Ella Wheeler Wilcox once wrote, "So many paths that wind and wind, when just the art of being kind, is all this old world needs." I think she was onto something. God was too, when He inspired Paul to write Galatians 5:22-23. By the way, when was the last time you worked at being "kinder than necessary?" When was the l

She wasn't interested in dating me at first. She thought I was too serious. Arguably, she was right. I was 16 going on 30. Very introspective, a writer of poetry, and not particularly interested in all the things that interest a typical eleventh-grade High School student. I was working two jobs and maneuvering the recent breakup of my parent's marriage. I missed 35 days of school my senior year. It was an unstable situation to be sure. But she caught my eye, and every time I