RANDOM KINDNESS

Matthew 6:3 But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret: and your father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.

When we were on holiday we visited Wedmore, a lovely Somerset village, where we had coffee in a cafe. Scattered around were these pretty crochet key rings saying they were free to take away and no one knew where they had come from! They were random acts of kindness that some lovely person had spent quite a while making for the benefit of people she would never know or meet. They were all over the village! What a lovely idea.😊

It really brightened my day and reminded me how a random act of kindness has a ripple effect on people we may never know. Kindness is something we can all be involved in and might lift someone who may be feeling down or just to make them smile like the key ring did for me.

It seemed to go the extra mile, a bit like Jesus telling us to be givers without our left hand knowing what our right hand is doing. I rather like the idea of doing our good deeds secretly instead of openly, not expecting anything in return from the one we’re being kind to because they’ll never know where it came from.😊

Kindness can come in different disguises though. 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. We’re being kind when we overlook an offence, or when we know someone’s faults but because we love them we don’t say anything.(Ephesians 4:2)

We’re being kind when we find something encouraging to say when we see someone being put down or sad. The list is endless and God Himself is full of loving kindness towards us. 

Ephesians 4:32  ….Instead, be kind to each other, tender hearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. God sees kindness as being forgiving, even when they don’t deserve it.

So whatever else we have to do today, maybe we could be on the lookout for ways to make someone’s day, to find a way to commit a random act of kindness especially if we can do it without them even knowing where it came from. God will know.😊