RESPONDING WITH KINDNESS

RESPONDING WITH KINDNESS


ONE THING I have noticed
In life=or at least I think


A person's INNER WORLD IS
NOT so very different than
A person's outer world


“By their fruits
You will KNOW them” Matthew 7:16


YES=maybe that person
That is so cranky and
JUDGMENTAL on the outside


Is the way they are
To THEMSELVES on the inside too


I TRY to keep that in mind
WHEN I see someone
Who is ALWAYS so hypercritical
Of others=and those who
Are always EXPECTING
The most negative of outcomes


THESE are NOT the attributes
Of a peaceful soul


MAYBE=they just NEED a
LITTLE LOVE=maybe they need someone
To RESPOND to them-with
Just a little bit of KINDNESS


“BUT while Joseph
Was there in prison


The Lord was with him
He showed him KINDNESS
And granted him FAVOR


In the eyes of the
PRISON WARDEN” Genesis 39:20-21


“In a surge of anger
I hid my face
FROM you for a moment


But with EVERLASTING KINDNESS
I will have COMPASSION on your


Says the LORD
Your REDEEMER” Isaiah 54:8


These KINDS of people
I believe=are as hypercritical
Of themselves=as they are
Of others


They are UNABLE to
BE compassionate-or even
Forgive themselves


They are UNHAPPY SOULS=
They are NOT able
To be at peace=for
Even ONE moment


IF I can recognize this
In someone=I TRY to
RESPOND IN KINDNESS=respond
With some COMPASSION for them


“CONSIDER therefore
The KINDNESS and sternness
Of God


Sternness to those who fell
But KINDNESS to you
Provided that you
CONTINUE in his kindness” Romans 11:22


“But when the KINDNESS
And LOVE of God
Our Savior APPEARED


He SAVED us-
NOT because of righteous things
We had done


But because of his MERCY” Titus 3:4


And that is what we
Should have-
For these TYPES of people=
MERCY


Dear Lord=WE PRAY=that
We RESPOND with KINDNESS
And COMPASSION=
To those who are suffering


So that they CAN FIND peace
And MERCY for their suffering souls


In the name of JESUS=OUR LORD


Robert P. Wallman
6-27-17





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Aileen O'Donoghue