Did you ever see one of those fake apples people put in their coffee table fruit bowls?   Could be plastic or painted wood, whatever?   

They look real to the natural eye, but try biting into one! 

Sometimes we act just like that fake apple or orange… we sit there looking just right, we talk just right… but we just don’t act right!!  

Loving, caring, joyful, giving, patient, understanding, sweet, sharing are all evidence of the Spirit… real spiritual fruit. 

Painted plastic or wood looks good in the fruit bowl, but it is not the real thing.   Here at MyChurch and there in our homes, community, workplace or church… are we sitting in a fruit bowl trying to look the part of an apple or orange?   

We may not be perfect but we are not fake either because we’ve been bought with a price, taking on the TRUE charisteristics of Jesus.   We have been given the free opportunity and destiny to be the real deal.  

I'm checking my life, my heart, my motives today and I'm going to act more like the real deal and make a conscious effort to display the fruit of the Spirit more often. 

The next time someone bites into me, what am I gonna do... display His true fruit, that's my decision.

P.S.  Did you know that apples are NOT for fruit bowls anyway?   ;-)    Sure do love you...