To be the recipient of an act of real kindness is an humbling experience. I walked into the hardware store near my home, and a young lady handed me an envelope with my name on it. I opened it when I got home. It was a card and inside it said, "Been thinking a lot about you recently, and hope you're feeling good today." She had asked my daughter of my health after a recent illness. Why did she do that? Kindness! Oh to have the grace of kindness.
Here of late I have been in the negative mood. The older we get, the more trouble we encounter. The more people we love the more tears we shed and I have the "leave me alone" syndrome. Let me retreat from life. But that's not God's way and God's grace. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ (Gal. 6:2). I'll tell you, people do have troubles, and we dare not retreat from helping them. Our Lord did not retreat from me in my troubles. Surely he hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows (Is. 53:5).
To help those in trouble means more than just saying, "Well, just trust the Lord." I don't believe anyone lets it go at that who themselves have been there. NO! They do whatever is necessary to relieve the burden. When we see someone rowing against the stream, kindness will pick up an oar.
That young lady who gave the card made a few strokes with the paddle for she caused me to know that somebody is kind. What a refreshment! It doesn't take long to do a kindness. And even if it did take a while, when we see those shoulders with all the weight on them straighten up in relief, it surely makes smiles all around. Try it, you'll like it.