Say Yes with Kindness

Just try it. Love your enemies. Turn the other cheek. Kill them with kindness. Look past the negative and see not the retaliation, but the hurt and frustration. Let it go and let peace and joy reign in your heart and mind.

June's Message, Day 3:

Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. 1 Peter 2:12 NIV

"Love your enemies," and "turn the other cheek." And my favorite adage, "kill them with kindness." Forgive me, but oftentimes it works quite well. We've heard them all before, but have you put them to good use? We live in a difficult world where stress and strife, anger and frustration, and pain and sorrow are the norm. All of us need to vent and sometimes we just happen to be the recipient of someone's frustration and it's oftentimes not truly directed at us. But we receive it. How we react to it is key. If we take it personally and internally it will eat at us and gnaw away at us till we become bitter. We can choose to let it slide, brush it off, and realize the where and why from whence it comes. That's not always easy, but it sure makes it much less stressful for us. Just let it go. Understand it, and know that you do it, too. It's just an unfortunate part of human nature and the stressful world we live in. Let God and peace reign in your heart and mind and let joy fill your thoughts, words, and deeds. You'll be the much better for it.