Kindness – It's On My Mind

November 13, 2019 (Wednesday)

Jesus said, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.” The Apostle Paul urged Christians to “be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as Christ has forgiven you.” He
listed 9 virtues that the Holy Spirit wants to produce in our lives as Christians, and one of them is “kindness.”

Today, November 13, is World Kindness Day, but for us who claim to follow Christ, every day is a day for kindness.

It has been said, “Everyone is having a hard time.” For some of us, this describes an agonizing time of deep troubles, but the rest of us have our troubles, too, although at the the present time we may be able to live with them.

Whenever you are in a group of people, take a good look at them. Behind their smile there may be many troubles. So why not be kind? You may actually help someone along life’s road without even knowing the good that you are doing.

“Don’t ever forget kindness and truth. Wear them like a necklace. Write them on your heart as if on a tablet” (Proverbs 3:3).

“And now, through Christ, all the kindness of God has been poured out upon us undeserving sinners” (Romans 1:5). Let us allow it to overflow through us to others.

TRY A LITTLE KINDNESS
Writers Bobby Austin and Curt Sapaugh
Sung by Glenn Campbell

If you see your brother standing by the road
With a heavy load from the seeds he’s sowed
And if you see your sister falling by the way
Just stop and say, you’re going the wrong way

You got to try a little kindness
Yes show a little kindness
Just shine your light for everyone to see
And if you try a little kindness
Then you’ll overlook the blindness
Of narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets

Don’t walk around the down and out
Lend a helping hand instead of doubt
And the kindness that you show every day
Will help someone along their way

Read an interesting essay about how kindness can subdue stress and illness. Click here.