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“Be kind and compassionate to one another . . .” Ephesians 4:32


The waitress leaned over the table and asked me, “Is your husband always so kind?”  “Yes”, I answered, “he is a kind man.”  The following is the incident she was referring too.

A woman in a van with 6 children drove into a Denny’s restaurant parking lot where we had stopped for lunch– she motioned for Marvin to come to the van.  Then she asked him if he could help her out. They hadn’t had anything to eat all day and the children were very hungry.  They had been driving from Texas, heading towards Washington, their car had broken down and the last of their money was used to pay for the repairs.

Of course,” he said, “come in and order the meals — I will pay for them.”

Because she had Multiple Sclerosis she asked if they could order the meals and eat them in the van. The older boys came in to the restaurant to order the meals.

Now the manager noticed that Marvin was paying for the meals — so he was impressed to supply the drinks—free. All the staff at the restaurant were excited because someone was being kind to a needy family. It energized them – kindness always does. Not only did my husband’s act of kindness bless the needy family, but also the staff in the restaurant.

Be Kind and compassionate one to another”, the Bible tells us. Why not today?  It doesn’t have to be a meal—it could be a smile, opening the door for someone, or offering to baby sit, weed someone’s garden—the Lord will open your eyes to where you can pass on an act of kindness.  Someone will see it and in turn be kind to someone else.

Father, you are so kind to us.  Enable us to be less self-centered and become more other-centered–to be kind one to another.  Thank you.  Amen

By Katherine Kehler
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Further Reading

•   Your Kindness Quotient by Max Lucado

•  Lavished with Kindness – by Gail Rodgers

•   Just a Little Kindness – by Karen Woodard


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devotional

“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”  Ephesians 4:32-5:2

I have never yet met a person who didn’t hold Jesus in high esteem. Regardless of whether an individual believes in Jesus as the Son of God, everyone agrees that He was loving, caring, kind and self-giving. Many people will even say, “If everyone lived like Jesus, the world would be a better place.”

A nice philosophy, but it remains only that until we look more deeply into exactly what kind of love God lavishes on us and then calls His followers to live out. Kindness, compassion and forgiveness are the oil that could make families, communities and nations live well. But the words “gave himself up” and “offering” and “sacrifice” sting with their stark demands. These are words that require more than I can give, more than I have the power to produce.

And that is exactly as it should be. Being a follower of Jesus means that I have counted the cost of the path and consistently ask God to fill me with the power to live like Jesus ‘giving myself up, offering and sacrificing. It is this kind of life that wafts into the presence of God’ -we and what we offer to Him become perfume!

Father God, I want to be perfume to you but often, I admit, what you smell in my good works is the stench of self-reliance and self-satisfaction. Thank you for transforming my gifts into sweet smelling sacrifices as I offer them in repentance.

By Marilyn Ehle

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