The Kindness of a Savior...

"She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness." Proverbs 31:26

This past Saturday I was blessed to attend a simulcast of Beth Moore at a church in a neighboring county. I didn’t plan on going, knew no one else who would be there, I was given a ticket from a friend who prays with me at lunch. She had to work and couldn’t make it but said she believed God wanted me to be there. She extended kindness to me.

It was funny, the night before the conference I was so excited I could barely contain it! I felt like certainly God was going to do something wonderful, this would be an experience I would never forget. Mind you, I had no idea who Beth Moore was, never been to this church and knew no one who would be there. Not exactly the kind of thing I usually do.

Saturday morning came and I got up early, got ready and left the house 2 hours before the conference so I would have plenty of time, I call that getting lost time.  I arrived in just over 75 minutes. Not bad!  At this point the excitement had turned to, “I don’t know anyone!” But of course I did, Jesus was with me and He was going to give me a word!

Immediately when I got into the door there stood a woman I’d not seen in probably 5 years…WOW! I love her! She had asked me to sing at her niece’s wedding when most people had completely turned their backs on me. Then I saw another and another! I was in the midst of about 400 women and all of them were my sisters, regardless of whether I’d met them! I went to the café and had a cup of coffee, alone, but not for long. Soon spotted as being alone I became the target of such unusual kindness I was overwhelmed!

I went to the lobby to shop and behind me was one of my favorite women in the world! There with her daughter and granddaughter, they asked me to sit with them, and I would have if I could have found them but that was no problem, I sat with a group of women who worshipped with abandon, the reason we were there…a meeting with the King!

Jesus did have a word for me Saturday. Kindness…"She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness." Proverbs 31:26

There were 8 tastes of kindness for our tongues but God spoke a particular kindness to me and I’ll never forget it nor will I take it lightly. I will find a place where I have accountability, no matter where that takes me. I will not allow the enemy to wear me down. I will be built up by encouraging others and accountability.

When I open my mouth I want it to be in wisdom, like my Savior, Jesus, and have kindness on my tongue, like my Savior, Jesus, and have kindness be my disposition because I am a daughter who is like my Father. I’m praying for a kindness and love that can love the most unlovable, to be able to look pain in the face, as Jesus did with us when we were so broken by my daughters illness and pain we could not stop weeping. That is kindness. Jesus is kindness.  Now let’s go be like Jesus, let’s look for an outlet for the kindness and love of Jesus Christ and show it to the whole wide world!