As we approach the end of our journey exploring the Fruit of the Spirit, we meet the concept of Gentleness. Do you detect a providential irony in the timing of this word’s appearance at the close of what has been a fiercely contested election, with the usual rhetoric and behavior that we could confidently describe as anything but “gentle?” Might our association of this word with weakness be an issue when we consider this aspect of Fruitfulness? Is there something that we are missing? Probably! Come and consider the truth of Jesus, who is both Lion and Lamb, and perhaps together we can break the broken patterns of our world and walk together along the new paths of Christ’s Kingdom. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against things like this.