Family Devotional
Day Thirty
“Instead, be kind to one another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven
you.” Ephesians 4:32
These dazzling birds live and breed in
tropical climates. Except for breeding time they spend all their time at sea.
To feed they make high-velocity dives from as high as 100 feet.
Sailors gave these birds their insulting name
because they considered the birds to be stupid due to their lack of fear around
humans.
But these birds had no reason to experience
fear from humans until they met the sailors.
When the early church began their witness of
love and caring to each other and to their community, many onlookers spoke of
them with derogatory names. Some thought of them as harmless fools, and some
thought of them as radicals that required imprisonment or death.
Even in our world today, many people still
view acts of kindness and compassion with distrust. And although it is
necessary to use common sense when encountering strangers, it doesn’t mean
people cannot trust others, especially if they meet in safe environments.
It really wasn’t the masked booby that had
the problem to trust, but the sailors who allowed their own fears to mistrust
innocence.
When we follow Jesus’ ways, often others
don’t understand and they say bad things or call out embarrassing names.
Action
1. Say something kind to as many people as
you can today. Was it hard to do? Why?
2. Do one act of kindness for one person
every day this week.
Read More
Matthew 25:40
Galatians 6:10
Philippians 2:3-5
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