Kindness (The Fruit of the Spirit in You)

Kindness                                                                                 Day 58

Love . . . is kind

1 Corinthians 13:4

Just as wealth may be passed from generation to generation, so may family values and lessons. These lessons, once learned or adopted by others in the past, in time, may prove to be either valid or not. Nevertheless, such lessons, along with the opinions of our associates, may cause us to instinctively respond in certain ways towards certain people and situations. The question ultimately may be asked, are we guided by the values of others or the value of love taught by Christ?

Do we have a litmus test for when we will be proactive with kindness? Do we criticize the unwed mother and forget that she chose life over abortion? Do we avoid helping young people in particular neighborhoods because we feel the people in those communities should help their own? Do we refuse to assist some individuals due to the differences in our political opinions and miss out on opportunities to share the gospel? Such unkindness may present a false view of true, loving Christianity.

Let us not discriminate in our love, but kindly love all. We are to love our neighbors and enemies as ourselves. We are not at war with our neighbors. We should not need a diplomatic policy to establish how to actively be kind to others. We need a spiritual policy of love that motivates us to act with kindness.

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