Kindness is easy when you are around people who are kind. Kindness gets hard when you are around difficult people. Kindness is also hard when we are angry or feeling resentful. It is tough to be kind when we feel like someone has wronged us. It is vital that we let go of anger and hurt, no matter how big of a mountain it is in our life. Until we let go of the hurt, it eats at us from the inside, and stops up everything good in our lives. Eph 4:31 says specifically to get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger. Once we make the choice to forgive, we can begin to act more like Jesus. We can begin to love like Jesus does like it says in Matt 25:35-36. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came and visited me. The law of kindness finds ways to be a blessing. It puts a $20 bill in the coat pocket of a young single mom. It brings a bag of groceries to a widow. It gives a homeless family a place to stay. It offers a prayer for someone who is hurting. It loves with action. The kindness we have received from God, we can pass along. He did it for us, we can do it for others.
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