Happy Sunday!
"Don’t you see how wonderfully KIND, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his KINDNESS is intended to turn you from your sin?"(Romans 2:4 NLT).The Apostle Paul encourages us 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."(KJV). What does it mean to be kind? The Webster's 1828 Dictionary defines it as, "Disposed to do good to others, and to make them happy by granting their requests, supplying their wants or assisting them in distress; having tenderness or goodness of nature; benevolent; benignant". Such a beautiful definition!God is KIND, and he wants us to follow his example. Ephesians 5:1-2 says, "Therefore be imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]. And walk in love, [esteeming and delighting in one another] as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a slain offering and sacrifice to God [for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance."(Amplified).One of my personal Christmas traditions is listening to James Brown's Soulful Christmas album! Don't laugh! No one can beg Santa Claus to go straight to the Ghetto like James Brown! One song is entitled, "Sweet Little Baby Boy". In his own unique way James Brown reminds us of the greatest kindness anyone has ever shown us! God leads by example! Romans 5:6-8 says, "Christ arrives right on time to make this happen. He didn’t, and doesn’t, wait for us to get ready. He presented himself for this sacrificial death when we were far too weak and rebellious to do anything to get ourselves ready. And even if we hadn’t been so weak, we wouldn’t have known what to do anyway. We can understand someone dying for a person worth dying for, and we can understand how someone good and noble could inspire us to selfless sacrifice. But God put his love on the line for us by offering his Son in sacrificial death while we were of no use whatever to him."(Message).Love and prayers, Cynthia
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