Life Choices and Life Paths: Fruit of the Spirit; 7 Deadly Sins

By Edward Craven

Since January 2022, our country and our world has dealt with the COVID pandemic. The war in Ukraine is a recent event that is deeply troubling. Political turmoil, conflict, and divisiveness happen daily in our nation's capital of Washington, DC. People are searching for some relief. These events and issues can cause people to wonder what control

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Regency Publishers, US
• Release date: Sep 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9781959434245

Edward Craven

Edward Craven is an empty nester and a widower with one daughter. Edward Craven is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area.

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Copyright © 2022 by Edward Craven.

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ISBN: 978-1-959434-25-2 (Paperback Edition)

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Acknowledgements

A book is a collaborative team effort among many people.

I thank the The Regency Publishers team for their input, feedback, and suggestions that made this book better.

The topics in each chapter may surface reflections, thoughts, and feelings that the reader may wish to capture on paper. At the end of each chapter, there are specific questions to help the reader consider and evaluate the chapter as well as blank lines to allow the reader to pause and reflect on their thoughts and feelings after reading the chapter.

Preface

Since January 2020, our country and our world has dealt with the COVID pandemic. The war in Ukraine is an event that is deeply troubling. Political turmoil, conflict, and divisiveness happen daily in our nation’s capital of Washington, DC. People are searching for some relief. These events and issues can cause people to wonder what control they have over their lives.

Life Choices and Life Paths offers a journey of discovery with spirituality and God that may provide the relief being sought. At the end of each chapter, there are specific questions to help the reader consider and evaluate the chapter as well as blank lines to allow the reader to pause and reflect on their thoughts and feelings after reading the chapter.

The choices a person makes will determine the life paths a person will travel, the people a person will meet and interact with, and the life experiences the person will have. Life Choices and Life Paths offers two different life paths. One path is the Seven Deadly Sins of pride, envy, anger, greed, gluttony, lust, and laziness. A different path is the Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22-23. The Fruit of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control.

I hope this book not only helps provide guidance and direction in your life but also is a tool in creating a life that you find worth living.

Introduction

This book presents two possible life paths – a path based on the Seven Deadly Sins and a path based on the Fruit of the Spirit.

The seven deadly sins are laziness, gluttony, greed, envy, lust, anger, and pride.

The Fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22-23 (New Century Version) are self-control, goodness, patience, joy, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, peace, and love.

I hope this book blesses your life in some way.

I enjoyed writing this book.

I hope you enjoy reading this book.

The idea for this book came from God. Each day that I worked on this book, I prayed for God’s guidance and direction.

Chapter 1

Laziness

I have had to work on laziness in my life.