Take the time to be kind - someone needs you TODAY

"Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly(sisterly) love; in honor preferring one another" (Romans 12:10)
Kindness is not benevolence - it comes from a heart that has been gentled by the Holy Spirit. It is not looking down it is lifting up - and it is strength. Only the strong can be kind. Affection is a learned response - it is the outward expression of genuine kindness. A gentle touch, a hand shake that says, "I really am here". I tell you, people are so skin hungry! It's time to start healing by our gentleness and our kindness. Jesus, please help me to be genuinely affectionate and not afraid of being rejected or rebuffed. This is all about Body life, the Body of Christ; we didn't get to choose them. . . and we have such a variety of people - some easy to be with, others easy to reject. One thing I note in this word brotherly - in a family there is give and take, but the love sustains. To honor another is to affirm, agree with, respect and hold in awe as if you just can't figure them out - that's the sacredness of the personality. I love the differences. I want to think of others before myself - yet my needs sometimes are so glaring that I forget ~ I think I need a hug ~Paulette