A fruit of the Constant Woman

You know you are progressing in holiness when the attractions of the world no longer entice you. It is a slow progression because our Lord never jolts or demands but with gentle care and concern holds out His hand for us to take.

With just a few steps in His direction, we discover riches we never imagined and we are hooked. No longer do silly television shows, gossipy magazines and shallow books catch our eyes. We don’t even notice them.

You will know you possess this fruit when you sit in the hair salon and the magazines that were once your guilty pleasure sit idle and undesired while you hungrily indulge in Jesus’ love for you found in the current book you carry around with you everywhere. You now relish the moments in line waiting to check-out at the grocery or post office or sitting in the doctor’s office, moments you once dreaded and that oh so irritated you, because now you can be with Him; your heart's only desire.

From Psalm 84

My soul yearns and pines

for the courts of the LORD.

My heart and flesh cry out

for the living God. (3)

Blessed are those who dwell in your house!

They never cease to praise you. (5)

I had rather one day in your courts

than a thousand elsewhere.

I’d rather lie at the threshold of the house of my God 

than a home in the tents of the wicked. (11)