Kindness

Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? Romans 2:4 (NAS)
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From day one of this journey it was the goodness and kindness of Christ that drew my heart to him. It was not the threats of damnation, the religiousosity of others, or the promises of peace… promised in Christianity.
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It was the unconditional love of a Savior who despite all that I was… all that I stood for… and all that I believed at the moment… loved me. I felt and I believed that I could come to him… just the way that I was and I knew that I would not be rejected.
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Now, after three decades of his loving me I find a passionate desire to love others. Even if no mention of his name is spoken, even if the name of Jesus is not declared, and even if that person does not believe the way that I do. Is not kindness and mercy a trait of our Heavenly Father? Will not those traits, if found in us… declare his name?
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"I shall pass through this world but once. Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." Henry Drummond
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‘Lord, it is your kindness and mercy that brings our hearts to you. Even more, it is your unconditional love that accepts us for who we are and what we are and where we’ve been and washes our past away with your gentle and eternal love. Our words are inadequate to describe you but the melting of our hearts, the molding of our character, and the kindness we show to others we pray Father, honor you’