A little Kindness goes a long way
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Welcome to Thought for the Day. Thanks so much for listening. “A little
kindness goes a long way” doesn’t it?
The other day I was in the bank trying to get some help with my online
banking app, and the lady was… well really kind. She didn’t patronise me, she
didn’t hurry me along, she showed me how I could make the sort of bank transfer
I was trying to do, even saving money in the process. And rather than me
feeling a fool for not on top of my mobile banking app, she went out of her way
to help me- super kind!
Now this isn’t a product placement, and other banks are available, but
if the team from NatWest in the High Street in Huntingdon are listening in, a
big thank you for the kindness that I have consistently received in your
branch.
You don’t always associate kindness with business, but there’s nothing
to stop us being kind at work, or at home, with our friends, with our family. A
little kindness goes a long way and small actions can really make someone’s
day.
In the small book of the Bible called Titus we read this, “But when
the kindness and love of God our Saviour appeared, he saved
us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his
mercy”. (Tit 3:4-5)
What that’s saying is that God is a God of kindness. He is incredibly
generous in his love and care, and the verse says that his kindness and love is
seen in Jesus and in his rescue for us on the cross.
The truth is that we live in an unkind world, and too often we are
unkind too. But in God’s kindness he sent Jesus to come and rescue us, as it
says in one hymn, “love for the unlovely shown that we might lovely be”.
We don’t get into God’s good books by kindness- thankfully- otherwise
none of us would make it, but once we receive the kindness of God, we find
ourselves being kind to others, it kind of overflows.
I’m so grateful for the acts of kindness shown to me by my family,
church and neighbourhood. So if you’re needing a bit of kindness in your life,
why not start by looking at the life of Jesus Christ in the Bible.
Thanks for listening.