Kindness is a wonderful virtue that, perhaps, we too often take for granted. In Romans 12:10, we read: "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another." In the last chapter of Proverbs where we find a beautiful word picture of a gracious woman, verse 26 says: "She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness." I read these words in a little article by Merton Rice: "One of the surest signs of high character in men will generally be detected in kindness and mercifulness."
"If I knew that a word of mine -- a word not kind and true,
Might leave its trace on a loved one's face,
I'd never speak harshly--would you?
If I knew the light of a smile might linger the whole day through,
And brighten some heart with a heavier part,
I wouldn't withhold it -- would you?"
Many in our world today are lonely and long for someone to show them just a simple act of kindness.
Jesus, our wonderful Lord, is the expression of God's infinite kindness and love to our lost and hurting world. I wonder -- can the world see Jesus in you and me?
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