Getting right with God is the beginning of the Christian life. But as supremely important that is, it is only the beginning. As we grow up in our faith – as we surely must if our faith is genuine – we face many trials and challenges, as well as many joys. Discipline is God’s way of pruning us to produce the fruit of our faith. When the Holy Spirit works in our lives to prune us, He generates the fruit of the Spirit. And love is the first in the list of that fruit (Gal 5:22). God is calling each and every one of us to love – to love God and to love our neighbor. How can we participate in growing that fruit? Jesus tells us how in parable – to remember just how much we have been forgiven: those who are forgiven much, love much; but those who have been forgiven little, loves little.