Filling

My mother used to make the most awesome blackberry cobbler.  If she had time she would create that beautiful lattice top.  I think my mother knew a secret that Paul also knew about us as believers. A great cobbler not only looks good but tastes good.  Mom would make sure that the balance of sugar, butter, berry and water (only needed if the fruit needed some assistance) was just perfect for the inside.  Her lattice work was enhanced by the slices of real butter and abundance of sugar on the top of that crust.  In Philippians 1:11, Paul wraps up a set of verses encouraging us to love each other more and more by means of what is the most important ingredient in a believer--"the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ."  It works as well for a really good cobbler.  This week, I am encouraged and hope that you are as well, to live in such a manner that I will display the beauty of Christ outside because the filling on the inside is the good fruit of the righteousness of Christ Jesus!  Encourage one another with these wonderful truths!

Coach/Pastor John