The Fruits of The Spirit Pro and Con

The Fruits of the Spirit Pro and Cons

        This is an essay that will place emphasis on the Fruits of The Spirit.  The Fruits of the Spirit are as follows Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, and Temperance.  First, I would like to say that I am going to focus on Temperance.  Let’s look at the definition of the word temperance.  Temperance is The Greek definition of temperance translates to "moderation in action, thought, or feeling; restraint". 

Temperance is a major Athenian virtue, as advocated by Plato; self-restraint .(sôphrosune) is one of his four core virtues of the ideal city, and echoed by Aristotle. Definition of temperance. 1 : moderation in action, thought, or feeling : restraint. 2a : habitual moderation in the indulgence of the appetites or passions. b : moderation in or abstinence from the use of alcoholic beverages.

Next, I want to say that I am going to express the pros and the cons of the Fruits of the Spirit right now.  The Pros are as follows: When it comes to the word temperance, I think of self-control.  This is because I have to conduct myself like an adult.  Another Pro to the fruits of the Spirit is proper conduct as a Christian.  I know for me personally, I have to say that I have changed my behavior because I have to learn how to get honest with myself because I got sick and tired of being inside of Jails and Institutions. 

Further, I want to say that moral conduct is very important when it comes to the Fruits of The Spirit.  For me personally, I also got tired of spending my money on lewd women.  I got tired of walking the streets inside of my hometown all night long searching for a female to spend time with.  I have spent a total of $116,977 dollars on sex and getting scammed out of money by computer hackers and scammers.  For proof, please examine my yahoo account.  I have retained the pictures of the women that scammed me out of money.

Also, I want to say that I have spent so much money on foolishness that I got tired of getting hurt by women.  This includes my ex-wife.  She made a fool out of me by hanging around in the streets getting high off of crack cocaine.  She also cheated on me with another man.  All of this took place during the time I was married.  My marriage has been annulled right now. 

The cons to the Fruits of the Spirit are additional sin.  I want to inform all of you that there was a time when I did not care about myself.  I neglected myself by sleeping at bus stops and going back and forth to institutions.  For Example, I was hospitalized inside of Broughton State Psychiatric Hospital in Morganton, NC.  I was inside of the facility for fighting a Psychiatrist because he prescribed me Prolixin, which is an anti-psychotic medication that is used to treat Bipolar Disorder. 

Therefore, I was hospitalized a total of 27 times within the past 22 years.  I was hospitalized inside of Summit Behavior Hospital for crimes that I did not commit.  Even though I have been clean and sober for the past 29 years now.  I still have a tendency to act like a newcomer inside of the Alcoholics Anonymous Program.  I had to complete the 12 Steps a total of 7 times.  The reason why is simply because my AA Sponsor indicated that I was not honest enough.  I have told him the truth, and he did not believe me as a person.

Finally, I want to inform everyone that self-control and the Fruits of the Spirit are a challenge for me right now.  I view myself as an impulsive person.  Even though I have a lot of common sense, but I get angry very easily.  I guess I have been the type of person who will have to show everyone better than I can tell you.  I am not as angry as I used to be.  I have changed a whole lot since 1990.  During that year, I was involved with a relationship with a female who did not love me personally.  I say that I have more self-control than ever before. 

In Conclusion, I have to learn how to stop running away from my problems and get real!!!!!!!  I have common sense, but there are times when I sure do not act like I have common sense.  I will admit that I have allowed people to take advantage of me as a person.  I am more proactive than reactive as a person.  I have changed a lot in my life.  Like they say, common sense is better than nonsense!!