Be ye kind while Keepin’ it 100!

So, in the distance I hear my children arguing with each other. After hearing both sides of the issue, we quoted together the Scripture which speaks of “being kind one to another...” I had them repeat it several times. I had them look into each other’s eyes and quote it, and we moved on.

So, about an hour later, I hear my children arguing again. I ask, “Are you being kind to one another?” My daughter, aka “all mighty mouth Trinity,” says, “Kinda.”

I reply, the Bible says Be Ye Kind, not Kinda.

Now, my children are 7 and 9, and while they are extremely smart (no really, I’m not just bias) they are still learning the significance of taking GOD at His Word and simply put – OBEYING IT.

Unfortunately, there are many Bible-believing adults who do the same thing as my children did, justify their actions or partially obey the Bible, to make their actions not seem so severe or wrong. So, I guess Trinity could have meant “Kinda, since we haven’t physically hurt each other yet.”

I’ll tell you like I tell my children - partial action is no action, partial truth is a lie, partial obedience is disobedience.

My whole point of this blog is this – as a whole, we need to be a kinder people. Now, I’m the last person to squash anybody’s feelings or thoughts and the freedom to express them, because I LOVE to tell what I think about any given issue. As this generation puts it “Keepin it 100!” However, there is a way to express your views, thoughts, beliefs and opinions, while respecting others views, thoughts, beliefs and opinion. Showing respect does not mean you agree with them or condone their actions or lifestyles.  

I have spent many days in my 48 years around unkind, mean and thoughtless people. There are some harsh, unkind things that have been done to me and said to me over the years that some still sting today in my thoughts.

But, I vow to not be such a person, as I know how it effects those who have had to deal with it – whether in a relationship, a work environment or in and around the community.

Don’t get me wrong, I AM NOT asking you to make a new year’s resolution. We should resolve to be kind year-round, why wait until a new year comes. If that’s the extent of its importance, then as sure as that New Year’s diet will end by Feb. 1, so will your resolution to be kind.

So, I encourage you to do as I will continue to have my children do – quote Ephesians 4:32 - And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.