Kindness

Ephesians 4:32
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Sprinkle kindness like glitter. 

If you’ve ever created a project or helped a child make an art piece with glitter, you know the shiny flakes stick everywhere. I’ve found remnants of glitter months after I finished making a card or picture with my kids. If we could make kindness stick like glitter, wouldn’t the world be a better place?

I volunteer in Mrs. Hatch’s (my daughter’s) first grade class. One day, one of the kiddos had a difficult time and struggled to get through an assignment. My heart melted when the child across from him reached out and comforted him. He even brought him a cup of water. That’s pure kindness with no expectation of getting anything back as he helped his friend. He was attentive and saw that his friend needed help, and then acted on it.

In Ephesians, Paul reminds the church to be kind and compassionate to one another. As believers, let’s share kindness wherever we go. It seems at times we’re taught to get ahead, push to the front, or climb the ladder to the top. What if instead, I humbled myself and let someone else in front of me, carried them a drink of water, gave them my seat on the bus, smiled at the cashier and asked them about their day, helped someone load their groceries onto the counter, or simply smiled and wished someone a good day? Or what if I posted positive comments on social media and shared encouragement?

Jesus calls us to be kind. Let’s sprinkle kindness like glitter and hope it sticks around.

Galatians 5: 22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.