Fruit Glorious Fruit

Dear God,

I love grapes, strawberries, watermelon, raspberries, oranges....just about all fruits! Fruit is so good!! Thank you for yummy fruit, even the seeds that we have to spit out.

Thank you for the fruit of Your Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control. {Galatians 5:22-23}

Who wouldn't want the fruit that Your Spirit gives us? This fruit is YUMMY too. There are no seeds to spit out either. This is fruit in its entirety.

Just like the fruit that grows on trees and vines, my question is:

Does the fruit of the Spirit have different stages like the fruit that we eat? Is there times when "love" isn't ripe or when "patience" isn't as big as it could get?

Every single word listed in the fruits of the Spirit....I just LOVE and I want to eat EVERY ONE OF THEM!!

Love,
Me:)

{Daily Scripture Reading: Galatians 5:16-26}
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galatians+5%3A16-26&version=NIV

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Galatians 5:22-23