Kindness -

Scriptural Highlight: (Proverbs 3:3-4) - "Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart: So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man."
Today's scriptural highlight admonishes us not to let kindness and truth depart from us. Kindness is a special treatment given to someone to make the person happy and to have an impression of being special. While truth is simply what God's word says: the Bible says that the "word of God is truth".
Kindness is the outworking of God's love in our heart towards our neigbbours, our environment or society at large. As Children of God we are being enjoined to bind kindness like a cloak. What that means is that kindness should be seen in us everyday, every hour and every second. Some show kindness when they see someone they feel will be able help them with something, later; some show kindness when they feel it will give them good opinion among society - reason you will see people making generous donations in the public, maybe to charity or one cause or the other to get more titles; some show kindness as a piety because that is what their religion requires but not as a result of obeisance or love for God and humanity.
Kindness is a life God has called every believer in Christ to live; kindness is not what we are trying out but a nature of God we carry. The world is starved of pure love; what the world knows is selfish love and favouritism, that is, scratch my back or else I won't scratch yours. But through God's kindness manifesting through God's elect, God meant to show the world what it lacks.
God's kindness is sacrificial, and can, so many times, brings pain because we live in a very hostile world. However, the word of God has made it clear how rewarding and fulfilling it is. Kindness attracts God's favour and good understanding from people. Simply put, kindness attracts kindness. Whatever a man sows, that he reaps. Assignment for today: look for people around you who may not be able to pay you back for whatever you do for them and show them kindness. Make it a lifestyle. As you do this a new level of flourishing shall open unto you in Jesus name. Flourish!