Red Shoe 9th Day of Christmas

12 Days of Christmas 2016

“Invite the Holy Spirit to build your heart, soul, and mind in His fruits. Expect less judgment and drama in your life.” Tracy Worley

The 9th day of Christmas is nine ladies dancing. My body loves a soft groove and a harmonious beat; it makes my inner self happy. I usually jolt into awareness, my body moving without me being aware. There are some who believe the nine ladies dancing are the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit.

My first inkling of being in a room full of ladies is NOT FUN. My mind goes to drama, gossip, crying, and downright backstabbing. This is based on years of allowing unhealthy relationships to develop in and around my life. I never understood how women could be life-long friends.

In recent years I have set the intention to open my heart, mind, and soul for women in my life who are steadfast, humble, open to other people’s truths, and who love having fun. God has delivered on my prayer for this, and I have stepped forward into those relationships.

The Holy Spirit’s fruits are found in Galatians 5:22. From a room full of ladies and nine of them dancing I envision chaos. Taking the nine fruits into relationships is part of my intention. There is peace, joy, and room and freedom for all of us be authentic. It is one of the most amazing things I have witnessed through this process.

I encourage you to reflect on each of these fruits in your relationships (spouse, peers, co-workers, friends, family, children, and community).

  • Love Intense feeling of affection, hold dear, adore
  • Joy Wellbeing, success, state of happiness, evoked emotion
  • Peace Tranquil freedom, harmony, concord of tranquility
  • Patience Ability to wait without being annoyed or upset
  • Kindness Disposition of character, inner force or sum of a person
  • Goodness Quality of person, beneficial as part of something
  • Faithfulness Steadfast, true to facts, duty
  • Gentleness Manner, disposition, state of gentle
  • Self-Control Restraint over impulses, emotions, desires

Definitions taken from Merriam-Webster

Realizing these fruits in your relationships builds your heart, soul, and mind in freedom. Expect less judgment and drama in your daily life.

Look Up and Out,

Tracy Worley