Kindness is something you do not find much of in our world today.
The Bible speaks about kindness many times. Kindness is one of the fruit of the Spirit mentioned in Galatians 5:22.
The dictionary says kindness is being considerate, or helpful. I think the world be a better place if everyone treated each other with kindness. I am talking about all people, even those you do not agree with in life. Those who have different interpretations, lifestyles, sexual orientations, political stands or religious beliefs.
It usually doesn’t take a lot to be kind. Sometimes I think we make it so hard, when something as simple and easy as a genuine smile can brighten someone’s day. Being polite and kind to others can sometimes be just what they need to make their day. Holding the door for someone, letting them go ahead of you in line, smiling and saying hello… you never know.
Simple Kindness
The little, everyday things we can do to show others kindness can be a seed planted in their lives that will one day grow and help lead them to Christ.
These days it seems we even have a hard time with Christians treating each other with kindness. We want to fight and argue over our views and interpretations and forget that as Christians, we all have the common ground of faith in Christ.
A friend of mine recently talked about relationships and how they seem to come to an end. He said it is based on what the relationship is about. If it is based on some thing or some activity, once we get tired of that particular thing and move on, the relationships based on that activity usually come to an end. I have noticed the same thing among those who attend an organized church. You may spend many years there, making many friends and being involved in all the activities. Yet once you leave, either to move to another church or to have communion outside the walls of the organization, all your friends from the old place seem to disappear also. Our friendships and relationships should be based on the common ground of faith in Christ and His grace. This should not change no matter where you go or how you participate in life as the Church. Our love of the Father and for one another as His children should be the one thing that can hold together a friendship.
Let’s see if we can make a point of doing at least one act of kindness each day. You never know where it may lead.
Done with Religion 
I agree, all in the power and leading of the Holy Spirit.
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And I also pray that any kindness I do springs from the well of Living Kindness of God, not me deliberately trying to “kill with kindness.” I’ve done that, too, and it feels more like an arms race than obeying God. Often, I see I was kind in retrospect and that’s when I see how God’s hand was in it, and it really glorifies Him, not me.
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Good comment David. Thanks for posting.
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Great to highlight this truth. I have a friend who used say often when he spoke in churches that Jesus is the kindest person he knows. The world would indeed be a better place if this was the default. The real test, of course, is when things don’t go well, and it is so easy to lose perspective and allow disappointment and inconvenience to cloud the way we respond.
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