I love Chinese food. I used to save the fortune cookies and give them to my daughter, but recently I’ve been cracking them open myself and seeing the fortune found within. I built up quite the collection on my desk and started to see the truth in them. May these “fortunes” bless you as they have blessed me.
“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.”
Mother Teresa said, “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.” What a great reminder that “no act of kindness, however, small, is ever wasted.” Too often, we see people making grand gestures, and we cannot donate that same large sum of money. We see people helping out various organizations, but we can barely make a homemade meal for our own family.
We get stuck when we think that our actions must be grandiose. We fail to realize that one act of kindness from time to time is not what we are called to fulfill; our kindness is to be a fruit of the Spirit evident every day of our lives. Typically, this kindness is not something displayed infrequently in big ways, but instead in small acts of kindness in the day-to-day living.
Each act of kindness points to our loving, kind, gracious Father. Today, be ever mindful of your words and actions. May every word be drenched in kindness. May every action be motivated by lovingkindness. The world sees a lot of anger and bitterness and hate. Be kind.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” – 1 Corinthians 13:4 [NIV]
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” – Ephesians 4:32 [ESV]
Tania Gutekunst 