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Unexpected Kindness
In Our Own Backyard...
America has quickly become a place where the sharing of different viewpoints is met with increasing, even brutal, opposition.
2932 A Girl’s Sympathy
It is said that when Mrs. Booth, who even more than her husband, was the life of the Salvation Army, was a little girl, running along the road with hoop and stick, she saw a prisoner dragged away by a constable to the lockup.
A mob was hooting at the unfortunate culprit, and his utter loneliness appealed at once to her heart.
It seemed to her that he had not a friend in the world.
Quick as thought she sprang to his side and marched down the street with him, determined that he should know that there was one soul that felt for him whether he suffered for his own fault or that of another.
If you question this, consider the subject of President Trump: There is a full-court press on TV, radio (both AM and FM stations), regarding everything he does, says, or even of what people assume to be true of him… AND his wife…
The brutal responses toward:
Transgender people…
Legalized marijuana…
Oil pipeline…
Obamacare…
1st Amendment (Freedom of Speech)…
2nd Amendment (Right to Bear Arms)… or Gun Control
White Supremacy…
Black Lives Matter movement…
Police brutality…
Sadly, the common denominator is all of these issues is hate!
Perhaps, hate mixed with fear of the unknown.
Incidentally, it used to be, that colleges and universities were places where people of various backgrounds would come together to learn, to grow, and to consider another’s ideas and views, all in an effort to gain a better understanding of life, people, circumstances, etc.
In fact, it used to be that colleges and universities were places where people of various backgrounds would come together to learn, grow, and challenge one another’s ideas and views.
The Liberal Arts degree was designed to offer a well-rounded education in history, science, music, math, government, literature, etc. Electives were factored in to allow a person to explore specific areas of interest even further.
But not everyone can afford to attend college, so their voices are not heard… or are they?
Enter Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, and other media sites…
Now, people can say whatever they want without regard to how it may effect others.
You no longer have to face others when sharing your ideas.
I’m concerned, since even our brothers and sisters say things that are not coming from a Christian viewpoint, but rather have joined the ranks of haters, even people who use the Bible to incite others instead of loving people regardless of their views.
tells us that “Jesus was about thirty years old when He began his public ministry.”
2934 The Kind Bishop
In Les Miserables, Victor Hugo tells of Jean Valjean, whose only crime was the theft of a loaf of bread to feed his sister’s starving children.
After serving nineteen years, he was released from the galleys.
Unable to find work because he had been a convict, he came to the home of a good old bishop who kindly gave him his supper and a bed for the night.
Yielding to temptation he stole the bishop’s silver plates and slipped out, but was soon caught and returned.
The kind bishop said, “Why, I gave them to him.
And Jean, you forgot to take the candlesticks.”
Jean was astounded at such kindness, and this brought about his salvation.
A little deed of kindness can turn a sinner to the Saviour.
—Adapted
2941 Kind Words And Deeds
Kind hearts are the gardens,
Kind thoughts are the roots,
Kind words are the flowers,
Kind deeds are the fruits.
Take care of your garden,
And keep out the weeds;
Fill it up with sunshine,
Kind words and kind deeds.
—Longfellow
2951 The Clerk of Waldorf-Astoria
In the city of Philadelphia there was a little third-class hotel.
Into it one night there came two tired elderly people.
They went up to the night clerk and the husband pleadingly said, “Mister, please don’t tell us you don’t have a room.
My wife and I have been all over the city looking for a place to stay.
We did not know about the big conventions that are here.
The hotels at which we usually stay are all full.
We’re dead tired and it’s after mid night.
Please don’t tell us you don’t have a place where we can sleep.”
The clerk looked at them a long moment and then answered, “Well, I don’t have a single room except my own.
I work at night and sleep in the daytime.
It’s not as nice as the other rooms, but it’s clean, and I’ll be happy for you to be my guests for tonight.”
The wife said, “God bless you, young man.”
The next morning at the breakfast table, the couple sent the waiter to tell the night clerk they wanted to see him on very important business.
The night clerk went in, recognized the two people, sat down at the table and said he hoped they had had a good night’s sleep.
They thanked him most sincerely.
Then the husband astounded the clerk with this statement, “You are too fine a hotel man to stay in a hotel like this.
How would you like for me to build a big, beautiful, luxurious hotel in the city of New York and make you general manager?”
The clerk didn’t know what to say.
He thought there might be something wrong with their minds.
He finally stammered, “It sounds wonderful.”
His guest then introduced himself.
“I’m John Jacob Astor.”
So, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel was built, and the night clerk became, in the years to follow, the best-known hotel man in the world.
In 1976, the 47-story Waldorf-Astoria in New York City served three-quarters of a million guests in its 1,900 rooms.
tells us that “Jesus was about thirty years old when He began his public ministry.”
Shortly after this, he was “led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where He was tempted...” ().
He later attended the local Synagogue, where His message was rejected, and the crowd, so furious at Him, pushed Him to the edge of a cliff—no doubt, to end His life right then and there—but, He walked through the crowd, and left.
Jesus confronted evil spirits who possessed people; confronted peoples’ evil intentions; confronted peoples’ disrespect of who He was/is; confronted peoples’ wrong judgments of who He was/is and what He does.
He warned those who choose to follow Him that people would hate them too, would exclude them, mock them, and count them as evil.
What’s interesting, is that it’s on the tail-end of this kind of reception, that Jesus shared about loving your enemies.
He continues to share the love of the Father with those who would listen.
(NLT) “ 27 “But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies!
Do good to those who hate you.
28 Bless those who curse you.
Pray for those who hurt you.
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