Galatians 5: 19 When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, 21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. 25 Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. 26 Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of one another.

I have heard it say that everyone who accepts Christ and is saved has the fruit of the Spirit within them... I would imagine if that were the case.. then we would no longer have the desires of the flesh within us... I gotta say... that does not really seem to be truth.. there are times when surely I can display more of the flesh than the fruit of the spirit... there are some of the fruit of the spirit that I seem to have none at all of....

my imagination is this... as we grow.. as we mature.. as we strive to be more like Christ daily... the things of this earth fall away... and the things of the spirit become more evident... this is the truth of me it seems... I am far more gentle and have more self control than I did even 6 months ago... I am not as prone to hostility as I once was... I am not as argumentative.. not as jealous... I have more peace.. more patience...

maybe at the end of the road.. we will be an image of God... and full of the fruit of the spirit.. but I believe it is a daily process... something that Christ is working out within us... and I am thankful that while I may not be who I should be.. I am not who I used to be either..