Earlier today I posted a quote on my
Facebook page about
kindness. {See link
in upper right hand corner}
Then after thinking about that word
for quite a while, I
remembered that just over a month ago, I had received a
gift.
That gift was a Christmas ornament
with the word
kindness written on it.
I think God is trying to tell me
something….maybe…just maybe...
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I thought I had that word conquered. I actually would think to myself, “Hey, that
one’s easy. Why would God want me to focus on being kind when I’m so good at
it?”
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So now, I’m writing this with a new
perspective on humility.
I’ve realized that I need to be more
kind.
Not just more kind.
Not just random acts of kindness, no,
that’s easy.
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I need to have intentional acts of
kindness.
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It’s easy to be randomly kind to a
stranger, holding the door for them.
Giving a smile. Maybe even
lending them change at the store register.
It’s much harder to think of ways to
be kind in advance to people whom you interact with on a regular basis.
Your spouse, your children, your
parents, your in-laws, your co-workers, your staff, your neighbors.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace,
forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness and
self-control. Against such
things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
-Whew! Good thing God is asking me to
focus right now on only ONE part of that fruit!
I think I have a lot of work ahead of me!
What area is God asking you to focus on? Be intentional about it and see what happens!
