The fruit of the Spirit is...kindness

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. – Galatians 5.22-25

In our Kids Klub we have one simple rule. It makes it easy because all the kids know all the rules. What is that rule?

Be nice.

It’s great because it is kind of all encompassing and suits every type of activities. It means be nice (Ai am using niceness and a synonym for kindness) to the teachers and other kids and the people who take care of the building and visitors. Bing kind means that we do things to make their lives better.

Kindness is the same in ‘real life.’ It is one of those  traits that we can manifest from the very first time we meet someone. It is something we can do with complete strangers. We can even do it driving our car and being polite to other drivers.

I don’t always get a chance to share Christ on my first encounter with people. I may do something as hold a door open, or step aside and let them go first, or smile, or say a kind word, or any number of things. Many folks who aren’t even Christians have adopted a motto is ‘pay it forward’ where we just do an act of kindness and when someone is kind to us to pass that one to someone else.

If the world can do that, shouldn’t we do it even more?

We can all be kind – and that could make all the difference in the world.