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Neuroscientists tell us that acts of kindness release endorphins, neurotransmitters that alleviate pain and lower blood pressure. God has designed our bodies to benefit from genuine kindness both when we receive it and when we offer it. Kindness is God's medicine.

To engage with the fruit of the Spirit is not just to understand or to better recognize that fruit, as useful as that may be. It is, rather, to deepen our relationship with our source, the wild untamed Spirit of God, who brings to maturity a way of life that is both countercultural and immediately recognizable as home.