This week the message from my church’s “Love Revolution” Series was on love being kind (1 Corinthians 13:4). For me the part that stood out most was when kindness was defined from the Greek. It was described as “to show oneself mild,” derived from another word that means “to be useful in the form of benevolence or [doing] good deeds for people.” It also was described as the kind of love that “moves itself to action, not just being happy or smiling.”
The descriptions were such a good reminder that Love should be viewed as a verb – something we express by doing rather than just saying. As Romans 5: 8 points out, God’s love for us was demonstrated with the act of sending His son to die for us. He didn’t just say He loved us – He showed us. In 1 John 3, verse 18, we are admonished: “let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”
Further, in many ways kindness relates to giving. Like giving, it must be unconditional. It is a disposition that exudes love tangibly.
Words can be very easy to utter, but actions, much more costly. Let’s not just pay lip service to love, but instead let it flow from what we do. After all, He, the Ultimate Example of Love, is proactive with His. Here’s the Love Revolution Message on Kindness.
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