Be Kind

 

These are difficult times that we are living in.  There is anger on both sides of the political spectrum.  There were more people who voted this time than ever before, and many for the wrong reason.  Many voters were not voting “for” a candidate as much as they were voting “against” the other candidate.  I have a dear friend who is a referee.  He always collects his check at half-time because he has to run for his car at the end of the game.  No matter how he calls the game, half of the crowd is mad at him at the end of the game.  Did you know that the word “nice” is not in the Bible?  But the word “kind” often is.  Christians are commanded by God to be “kind”, not only to brothers, but to people of the world.  We may have heart-felt opinions, but we are commanded by God to be kind in expressing those opinions to others.  No one has ever been brow-beaten into becoming a Christian, but many people have seen the kindness of Christians under pressure and wanted to be like them.  Paul said in Ephesians 4:32, “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.”  Has God forgiven you?  Then you should forgive others.  Has God been kind to you?  Then you should be kind to others.  It is simple yet profound: be kind one to another.