Tuesday, May 10, 2022

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 




12-22-23-2020 and 5-10-2022

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