Eph 4:32 And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another [readily and freely], as God in Christ forgave you.-AMPLIFIED Kindness is a goodness of heart. It is acting toward another person with consideration. The kind person acts in the best interest of the other person. The Bible tells us that love is kind. Kindness begins with simple civility. • It is being considerate of the needs of others. It involves seeing beyond ourselves so that we consider the needs of others or how our actions will affect those around us. For example, the kind person lowers their voice when they know someone is sleeping. They clean up a mess they made. • It gives another the benefit of the doubt rather than assuming the worst. Rather than jumping to a “worst case scenario” the kind person leaves the door open to the possibility of mitigating circumstances. • It is spot-lighting strengths rather than weaknesses. We all appreciate it when someone spotlights the good things we do. • It is refusing to be part of hurtful gossip. • It is letting someone else have the “spotlight”. In other words it is letting someone have their “moment” without feeling like you have to “trump” their experience or turn the spotlight back to yourself. It is letting someone tell their story without feeling the need to jump in and correct them. • Sometimes being kind is simply listening. One of the indicators of a depraved society is when people only care about themselves(Pray for Nigeria political and Christian leaders). If you look around you will see that kindness, respect and civility are becoming the exception rather than the rule. That is never good for a society. Rather than respond to people by being abrasive in return to their abrasiveness, the Bible teaches that kindness is the antidote to the self-centeredness around us. God help us In Jesus Name.
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 04:14:50 +0000
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