Kindness, like compassion is simple yet so lacking. It seems that we are so keen on falling back into our selfish ways that these trates which we know we should have just fade away into the backs of our minds. Only coming about when we see someone else not using them the way we know they should be. The hardest part about kindness is remembering that we owe it to everyone, not just the ones its easy to give to.We are called to do the hard things, and sometimes that means doing things we don't want to do. Like being kind to someone we don't like, or feeling compassiona for someone we think we hate.
And I know what your thinking, that's easy right? Well what about being compassionatte toward people like President Obama or Saddam Hussein or even Bin Laden when he was alive. Not so easy now is it? It's not easy because we know of the bad things they've done to us and still are doing, things we know to be wrong. But we have to remember that they are not the enemy. They are just mislead people, and no sin is greater than another, so we are no better than them.
But this kind of kindness, love and compassion cannot come from us without Christ first being in us.
I'm sure you've heard people say, "You may be the only bible some people ever see." Well, it's true. On the day of judgement would you want to be standing in line waiting for your turn to see Jesus, and watch as He helplessly condemns someone you had the chance to witness to through your actions, but didn't?
It gets easier though, to be kind to everyone, to show the love of Christ. Because once He's lived in you for so long and you give Him control of your life, He starts to change you. Your wants and desires, your thoughts and feelings. And before long you'll find yourself caring for people you've never met and sharing the love of God wth everyone you meet. And you'll be happy doing it. Because He gives you His heart for humanity, which is what this is all about.
But at the same time it gets harder, because as soon as you put God first and dedicate your heart to learning His ways, Satin puts you at the top of his list, and starts shooting those fiery arrows. Becasue he knows how much potential we have when we are in Christ. But if you run to Jesus every time your afraid or tempted you won't have to fight him.
Friendliness is much the same, same principals just a different characteristic. When Jesus has our heart, we tend to lean toward the right thing. And when we don't we know it. It's important I think to remember that everyone is going through something. And the way they treat you has a lot to do with what their going through. But the same applys for us, so we have to show them that even though were going through things too, we have someone who sustains us through it all. And they can have Him too.
The only way to keep a character which has all of these attributes is to constantly go to the Father and ask Him to give us a desire for the right thing. And ask Him to take the blinders off of our eyes so that we can see where our flaws are.
Each and every person on this earth is either a brother or sister in the fact that we were all created by the same God. And because we have found the truth it's our duty to show it to them and lead them to it the best way we can. This is our calling, and everything we learn from the Father is teaching us how to do this.
