Christmas Kindness All Year Long

All we have to do to find God’s gift of kindness is open the Bible and read a few lines.

The sunrises and sunsets, the dew and the rain, the melody of the birds, the clouds in the sky were all created for our enjoyment by the kindness of the Lord. Then we experience His love, mercy, gentleness and grace. There is no greater kindness than these.

“You are merciful, Lord! You are kind and patient and always loving. ⁹ You are good to everyone, and you take care of all your creation. ¹⁰ All creation will thank you, and your loyal people will praise you. ¹¹ They will tell about your marvelous kingdom and your power.
¹² Then everyone will know about the mighty things you do and your glorious kingdom.
¹³ Your kingdom will never end, and you will rule forever. Our Lord, you keep your word and do everything you say.
¹⁴ When someone stumbles or falls, you give a helping hand. ¹⁵ Everyone depends on you,
and when the time is right, you provide them with food. ¹⁶ By your own hand you satisfy the desires of all who live. ¹⁷ Our Lord, everything you do is kind and thoughtful, ¹⁸ and you are near to everyone whose prayers are sincere.¹⁹ You satisfy the desires of all your worshipers, and you come to save them when they ask for help.” Psalm 145:8-19 CEV

God doesn’t know how to be unkind. Everything He does is thoughtful and kind. He doesn’t do unkind things, His whole being is love and love is kind.

The Lord has blessed us with His kindness so that we can bless others. A word of encouragement, a helping hand, a simple act, patiently waiting in a line without being rude, giving attention and assistance to someone, a sincere compliment. All these acts of kindness are displays of the Father.

I’m hearing these words as I write this, these are the words of Jesus: “The king will answer, ‘Whenever you did it for any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me.” Matthew 25:40 CEV

We are the recipients of God’s kindness but we are also the givers of the same.