Kindness is the main ingredient for building a peace-loving community. It is also good for the heart in that it reduces anxiety by giving a sense of control and providing what we all need.
We should also be kind because it is what God requires of us. Micah 6:8 (ESV) — 8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
Kindness is what distinguish us from being a child of Christ or Satan. You see, it was kindness that causes Jesus to empty himself, take on the form of man, and to die on the cruel cross of calvary. If we are to carry the same DNA as Christ, we would … “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others” (Philippians 2:3–4 ESV).
Friend, what act of kindness will you choose today? Are you able and willing to help with the devastation of the latest natural disaster to hit our beautiful Kentucky? (Photo by Jeannette P Maxey).
