Kindness

The other week at church, the pastor spoke on Kindness, and it was so awesome I thought I would share. They are doing a whole Summer of Love Series based around 1 Corinthians 13:4 (One of my favs). "Love is patient, Love is kind....." The pastor began by asking some simple questions.

A Kind Person is __________.
Who do you regard as a kind person?
Who has been kind to you recently?
How did it make you feel?
What did it make you want to do?

Ok all so simple, yes. But the answers to these really got me thinking.

To me a kind person is thoughtful, giving, compassionate, and on and on.

But the more interesting part was when I tried to think of a recent act of kindness, it didn't come to me right away. Not because I don't have kind people in my life, but b/c I think we often get too busy to show random acts of kindness. Also, we don't stop to appreciate and acknowledge the kindness of others that we do receive.

And yes it is true when someone is kind, it makes us want to be kind to them and even others.
So how much greater would the world be if we purposely showered one another with kindness?

The complete sermon was great. If you want to check it out you can order it on tape at http://www.brookwood.org/ Also this is a great church if you are ever in the Greenville area!

Until next time...Blog On! And be KIND :)