About being nice, kind and love

A person who is nice may not be kind but a kind person is both.

In todays dog eat dog world, I guessed everyone knows what is to be nice. What about being kind?

We don't need the Holy Spirit to help us be nice but we do need Him to help us be kind. Kindness belongs to God, the Creator of heaven and earth. Kindness is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. When we chose to live independent of Jesus, we cannot be a witness for His kindness. Without the power of the Holy Spirit to help us, its impossible to be kind. Kindness require love, the type of love that is from Christ. Without love in kindness, then kindness is as bland as food without flavoring.

Being nice is a natural instinct of man. Kindness is a distinction of God's presence in our life. Being nice is natural of man, whereas kindness is a gift from God. All of us has no difficulty to be nice, but without God in the Holy Spirit, its impossible to be kind.

When I asked my daughter, Melissa, whether she is kind enough to give some of her clothes away to an orphanage, she answered me like this, "Yup! You can have all those that I don't need anymore!"

I replied her with this answer which I guessed caused her to pause a moment to think deeply, "Hey! When you give something you don't want anymore, you are giving away rubbish! Mummy want you to think about this because I want you to ask Jesus to help you share His love in you."

Later that night, she walked into my room holding a big box of everything she wanted to give away. I couldn't hold back my tears but just allow them to flow freely down my face. "Mum, this is a full box of my love for the children at the orphanage. I prayed and asked Jesus to help me share everything that I have with these children at the sheltered homes. When you left me this morning, I realized its love they need, not what I give."

She walked up to me and hugged me tightly and whispered, "Mum, thanks for teaching me to know what is kindness and love. I will teach the same to my children someday. The world will be a better place because we know what is to be kind when we love. Thanks! Mum!"

When Melissa left my room, I fell on my knees, clasping my hands, and thank Jesus, "My Lord and my God, thank you Jesus for teaching me to be kind and to fathom your love that you have filled my heart. Help me each day to live by the fruits of your Spirit that people may know that You are in me. Thank you my beloved Saviour!"

John 3:16, For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Our heavenly Father did not just gave His Son to us, He gave us His love in His Son! In His love in His Son, we have everlasting life. Our Father did not held back His love from us when He went to die on the cross for all our wrongdoing because His love for us overwhelmed Him. Thank you my Lord and my God, in Christ Jesus, my Saviour! Thank you!