Kindness stems from a tender heart. It is a result of the Holy Spirit's compassion for a lost and dying humanity.
Kindness causes one not to ask "How many times must I forgive someone who sins against me?" or "Isn't there a limit to how much abuse I shall take?" It simply keeps giving and forgiving, despite being abused or rejected.
Jesus exhibited this trait by always wanting to respond to some one's call for help. He had time to heal the blind man, the leper, the woman with internal bleeding, the centurion's servant....
Kindness, like the other traits of the fruit of the Spirit, cannot be manufactured. Only the Holy Spirit can give it to those who are willing to yield and obey.
The world today needs kindness to be shown. Many lost souls and even believers are in need of a word of encouragement, a hand to help them handle someone sick, money just to buy food for the day and so on. I pray that we will respond as the Holy Spirit manifest the trait in our life.
Let us be yielded vessel for the glory of His kingdom.
God bless.
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ReplyDeleteCertainly the world needs to show more kindness and it comes from the heart. It is from our actions not just saying it. Last Sunday morning I watched Oprah whereby she featured true kindness of a lady who took in abused dogs - lamed, blind and sick. In USA there are dog mills and the owners just kept the dogs in a cage only to give birth and sell the puppies away at high price. It was a touching story revealed that such cruelty to animals is happening in USA. If they can treat animals in this way I wonder how they treat their neighbours. Let us remind ourselves to show kindness to others and be yielded to the Holy Spirit.