Kindness

Happy Wednesday Kanakomo Ladies!

How has your week been so far? Mine has been great! We have had a fantastic speaker here at the Kanakuk Institute this week. His name is Matt Chandler. He is a pastor at the Village Church down in Texas. I have been learning a lot!

It is time for our next fruit of the Spirit! Let’s review the verse!

 "And the fruits of the Spirit are 

love, 

             joy, 

                    peace, 

                              patience, 

                                             kindness, 

                                                                 goodness, 

                                                                                   faithfulness, 

                                                                                                           gentleness, 

                                                                                                                             self-control; 

against such things there is no law."

Galatians 5:22-23

We have made it through love, joy, peace, and patience so next up on the docket is kindness! Kindness can be so fun to do! When you are kind to people it brightens their day. You can help somebody turn their day around from being bad to good. That is awesome! It does not have to be something huge… your level of kindness is not measured by how much it costs you. For instance, a sweet word could mean more to somebody than buying them the newest Kari Jobe CD. It is completely about the heart!

Sometimes, especially as girls, it can be really hard to be kind. We have a hard time controlling our words and how we treat each other. That being said, God calls us to be kind to each other! Check out this verse:

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:23

We are supposed to be kind to each other because God was so incredibly kind to us! He gave us the ultimate gift! Everlasting life!

Have you ever found it is easier to be kind to somebody who is kind to you? I sure have! When somebody is mean to me my first reaction is to be mean right back at them. This is not what we should do! We have to continue loving everybody! Why? Because God shows His kindness to everybody! Thank you Lord! None of us deserve His kindness. We have all sinned; we have all been unkind to Him. But He proves his mercy and grace and still shows us kindness. We should follow suit! Growing up my mom would always tell me the same thing when I was upset with how somebody was acting towards me. She would ask me “Logan, whose behavior can you control?” Then she would stare me down until I reluctantly replied with “My own.” While it would drive me nuts when she told me that as a kid (and still today), she was right! We all have the responsibility to control our own behavior. We should always show kindness to everybody just like Jesus does!

Luke 6:35 

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

What are some ways you have shown kindness in the past? Or what can you do in the future to be kind to those around you? I’d love to hear!

Love you girls!

Logan