Kindness (The Fruit of the Spirit in You)

Kindness                                                                                 Day 57

Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart,

- NASB

Proverbs 3:3

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book, The Scarlet Letter, the character Hester Prynne is forced to wear the letter “A” on her dress as a symbol of her sin of adultery. Today, instead of intentionally wearing symbols that report personal sin, it is common to see people wearing symbols associated with faith. However, a fish symbol on a car, a cross on a necklace, or even a cross as a tattoo does not reveal a person’s true character or commitment to God. Our true commitment to God is not something that is evident in jewelry or markings. It is recognized in our fruit and character.

Physical markings and jewelry can be taken off or removed. One act of kindness may be forgotten or overshadowed by countless other acts of selfishness or rudeness. To continuously reveal the trait of kindness, we need to make it a part of our character and who we are. When we are bound to kindness like chains, we will be kind regardless of when it is, where we are, or whether we feel like it.

Let us spiritually secure ourselves with kindness and truth such that it never leaves us. Like the tablets where scriptures were written and passed down from generation to generation, let us write kindness and truth on our hearts so that it will not fade from day to day.

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