... They are a rare thing in the day and the age we live in. For someone to do something for you, not with an hidden agenda, but purely because they want to do something nice for you. Someone who wants to bless you in some small or big way ... What a blessing it is when you encounter one of these acts and the people that do them! How refreshing to the soul and the spirit on this often rough and rocky journey of life.
Small Thought: When was the last time that you did something kind for someone? Not because they were expecting it, or it was a birthday or a special occasion.
Just because.
Just for the fun of it.
When you get your eyes off yourself, your situation and hardships and say within yourself "despite everything, i've still got something to give. I can bless. I can help, even in a small way and so i shall" amazing things happen. It is actually a remedy to personal misery.
Selfishness is a bottomless pit that will never be filled. But when you spend your life on behalf of the will of God and in service to others there is an amazing fulfillment that comes as a result. It is part of the good in us that should be unlocked by an encounter with Christ.
Be kind. Bless others. Pray for those who persecute you and for those who would spitefully use you. They need Jesus too, perhaps they may change and your prayer would have been what made the difference. The worlders are miserable and need Jesus. Pray for them, that they will have that encounter and come to themselves, even as the prodigal son did in the pig pen of life.
Along those lines, it is often a pure act of kindness as led by the Holy Spirit that will jar a person. It refreshes a saint and shocks a sinner. It hits them like a ton of bricks when they realize that you do something for no other reason than a desire to bless them and God is leading you to do it. Your Spirit led actions are more powerful than your words. Talking of kindness is not the same as actually experiencing kindness. Talk of love is different than experiencing love.
Allow God to make you the living example of the change in the world you feel compelled to see. Bless someone today, unexpectedly. Let God lead you and do it. Most who try this will actually find that they enjoy the process. It truly is more blessed to give than to recieve. Have fun :-)
In Christ,
The faithmix Team
2 comments:
Strange that you should be talking about these random acts of kindness. It's been a week for me, both receiving and helping someone else out about a week later. Here's how someone helped me just last week unexpectedly.
http://butterflyinthedesert.blogspot.com/2010/11/paying-it-forward.html
We're definitely in sync right now. God bless and protect you in Haiti.
Kindness...is so rare,even as I drove to church I was thinking today the Newspaper is exonerating the free masons and the newspaper should be exonerating Christ...why such a thing is what I thought....? what is it Christs children lack that we are not able to give the world that they get convinced about freemasons.. I thought...a kind word, a kind gesture and care perhaps ? or something more?....after a long time this is the second time I just checked the blog and here is something about kindness.You have summarised it rightly.Thats why immediately I thought I will leave my comment.God bless you ...even your heart of kindness
Vanita
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