Just as a tree grows and we don’t see it growing, so it is with our soul.

Be encouraged! Just because you don’t see flowers and fruit growing inside your soul, the growth is still “there” and seen by God.

Don’t give up producing fruit of the invisible kind.

Fruit = growth.

We need visible fruits that are seen by the world, but there is also fruit inside “us” that God only sees.

These spiritual “inside-me” fruits are more important than the visible fruits we show others.

Why?

These hidden spiritual fruits are who we truly are on the inside.

They are not fake.

Who fakes it on the inside of self?

No one does.

One hidden spiritual fruit…what is it?

Quick forgiveness. This is an inside act of “self.”

How quickly do you forgive someone on the inside of “self?”

God sees when we quickly forgive someone.

Truly trusting God on the “inside” of self is another spiritual hidden fruit.

No one sees this trust, but God does.

Thinking the right thoughts when everything is going wrong, is also another hidden fruit.

These thoughts encourage me today because it reminds me that God always sees our soul’s hidden personality and how we manage our 24/7 soul for His glory, is the most important work of all.