#ron carpenter

"The heart of a man is deceitful, who can know it." You are not going to know every person, but if you would slow down and make people qualify for you, you are valuable, you are not cheap, you should not come without a price, there should be a qualification, an earning of your time, an earning of your investment.

What kind of fruits are we looking for: Galatians 5:22 "the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering (in other words will you love me when my cracks starts showing and i can no longer hide my flawn), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentelness, self-control.

The people that do not bear the fruits that God expects, you cannot give yourself to them in a confident relationship, trust is earned as you meet qualifications to be my friend

When you look for character, nobody can fool you consistently, personality you can fool me for a lifetime, character if it aint there they cant act like its there long, if they are a liar, its gonna show up, if they are kind, kindness is going to leek out of them, they cannot take a tree and fake you out with the fruit

What would you look for in a friend? When you look for a best friend you are in character assessment, and everything that everybody is looking for has nothing to do with character, it has to do with personality, when you want a friend you look for character traits, not for personality traits...

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