BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER
In chapter 22
Of Saint Matthew's GOSPEL
Jesus gives us
The two greatest commandments
Of course
The first commandment is:
“LOVE the Lord your God
With all your heart
With all your soul
And with ALL your mind” Matthew 22:37
“And the second
Is like Unto it
Thou shalt love thy neighbor
As thyself” Matthew 22:39
And INCLUDED
In LOVING our neighbor
Is BEING KIND to that person
“For you have said
My KINDNESS
Is established forever” Psalm 89:3
In other words
Be kind to everyone
AT ALL TIMES
VERY difficult to do
But something
We can all aspire to do
And while
We should be kind
To everyone
We should be especially kind
To the NEEDY
“He who despises his neighbors
SINS
BUT BLESSED
Is he
Who is kind to the NEEDY” Proverbs 14:21
“He who OPPRESSES the poor
Shows contempt
For their maker
But whoever
IS KIND to the needy
HONORS GOD” Proverbs 14:31
And it doesn't often
Take a lot of effort
To be KIND to someone
A warm smile
A handshake
A HUG
Maybe a birthday
Or a get-well card
Just some little action
That says:
“I KNOW
What you are going through
And I know
What you have been through”
Just some little action
That lets a person
Know that
You CARE about hem
And in James 1
James tells us
WHAT PURE RELIGION IS
“RELIGION that God Our Father
Accepts as PURE AND FAULTLESS
Is this:
TO LOOK AFTER orphans and widows
In their distress
And to keep oneself
From being polluted
By the world” James 1:27
So LOVE ONE ANOTHER
and always remember
To keep being KIND
Robert P. Wallman
5-15-14
Ps Inspired by an article in LIVING FAITH magazine by Father James McKarns
MISC.WITNESS 5-23-14
12-6-14
5-3-15 & 11-17-15
And 6-3-18 and 5-8-2019 and 2-03-2021 and 2-22-2022
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