The "Kindness" that didn't happen

After 3 weeks' notice, much thought, and some preparation, the day of my 15-minute talk arrived. Alas, they had over-scheduled. As the concluding speaker, I got up to speak with about 4 minutes left in the meeting. I did 30 seconds on kindness, mentioning my father as the kindest person I've ever had the privilege to know, and sat down. There was a sigh of relief from the Bishopric behind me as we were able to remain on schedule. Actually, there's no way I'd go over and cut into my Sunday School lesson time.

Christmas is a fine time to remember that Jesus changed all the Old Testaments's "Thou Shalt Nots" into positives, such as: "Love One Another". It's not enough to avoid doing something bad; we must actively search out, AND DO, the good.

Merry Christmas!

Kindness

Today I must speak in church and the assigned topic is "kindness", an appropriate Christmas ideal. The good thing is, I've been given 3 weeks to ponder this. I know that I have much room for improvement in the Kindness Department. I also know that I was blessed to have been born to one of the kindest men I'll ever know. I remember 100-mile drives on Sunday to pick up children from his home teaching families so that they could go to church. Our station wagon got pretty full at times.

It is interesting to me that the Old Testament is filled with "Thou Shalt Nots" while the New Testament encourages us with a "Shalt", "Love One Another".

I love the words of the children's song, "Jesus said, 'Love everyone'. Treat them kindly too. When your heart is filled with love, others will love you." What a splendid Christmas gift!