It was many years ago. I was a young father on my way home to my wife
and baby boy after spending all day taking college classes. I had gone
back to school to get a degree in Education. I wanted to secure a
teaching job that would help me to build a better life for my growing
family.
It was a two hour round trip to the college, though, so
everyday I would pray for my 20 year old gas guzzler to make it all the
way.
As I started down a lonely stretch of highway about 12 miles
from my home I noticed a car parked along the side of the road with its
emergency flashers on. On the side of it a small woman was struggling to
change a flat tire. This was long before the age of cell phones and I
knew that any other help might not arrive for a while. I pulled up
behind her car then and offered to give her a hand. Her own hands were
bruised and bleeding from struggling with the lug nuts and she had tears
of frustration in her eyes. The lug nuts were rusty and tight and the
lug wrench a little small but after a while I got the flat off and the
spare tire on. As I said goodbye the little lady hugged me with tears of
relief this time. I waved and drove off a little embarrassed at her
appreciation. After all, it had just been one kind act.
It took
me a lot of years after that to learn the true power of one kind act.
One kind act can change the world. One kind act can teach more love of
God than a million words. One kind act can save a lost soul, heal a
hurting heart, and mend a broken life.
Never pass up the
opportunity then to do one kind act. Never pass up the chance to share
your love. Never pass up the possibility that your own kindness can do
God's will and make this world a better place. Every day we are given
the choice to be loving or selfish. Every day we are given the choice to
be cruel or kind. Always choose to be kind.
One Kind Act
Today's Bible Verse:
"Be kind to each other, sympathetic, forgiving each other as God has
forgiven you through Christ." Ephesians 4:32 (GW)
One Kind Act
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