| sugiggs | says | 'Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you' Ephesians 4:32 |
| sugiggs | says | Kindness is a love in action. If patience is how love reacts in order to minimize a negative circumstance, |
| sugiggs | says | kindness is how love acts to maximize a positive circumstance. Patience avoids a problem; kindness creates a blessing. |
| sugiggs | says | One is preventive, the other proactive. These 2 sides of love r the cornerstones on which many of other attributes we will discuss r built. |
| sugiggs | says | 'Do not let kindness and truth leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. |
| sugiggs | says | So you will find favor and good repute in the sight of God and man' - Proverbs 3:3-4 |
| sugiggs | says | But kindness can feel a little generic when you try defining it, much less living it. So let's break kindness down into four basic cores: |
| sugiggs | says | **Gentleness**. When you're operating from kindness, you're careful how you treat your spouse, never being unnecessarily harsh. |
| sugiggs | says | **Willingness**. Instead of being obstinate, reluctant, or stubborn, you cooperate, you stay flexible. |
| sugiggs | says | Rather than complaining and making excuses, you look for reasons to compromise and accommodate. |
| sugiggs | says | **Initiative**. Kindness thinks ahead, then takes the first step. It doesn't sit around waiting to be prompted. |
| sugiggs | says | The kind husband or wife will be the one who greets first, smiles first, serves first and forgive first. |
| sugiggs | says | They don't require the other to get his/her act together before showing love. |
| sugiggs | says | **Helpfullness**. Being kind means you meet the needs of the moment. Kindness makes a husband curious to discover what his wife needs, |
| sugiggs | says | then motivates him to be the one who steps up and ensures those needs are met-ever if his are put on hold. |
| sugiggs | says | (the book mention about Good Samaritan story as an example) |
| sugiggs | says | Where years of racism had caused strife and division, one act of kindness brought two enemies together. |
| sugiggs | says | The Bible describes a woman whose husband and children bless and praise her. Among her noble attributes are these: |
| sugiggs | says | 'She opens her mouth in wisdom, an the teaching of kindness is on her tongue' Proverbs 31:26. How about you? |
| sugiggs | says | How would your husband or wife describe you on the kindness meter? How harsh are you? How gentle and helpful? |
| sugiggs | says | Do you wait to be asked, or do you take the initiative to help? Don't wait for your spouse to be kind first. |
| sugiggs | says | It is difficult to demonstrate love when you feel little to no motivation. But love in its truest sense is not based on feelings. |
| sugiggs | says | Rather, love determines to show thoughtful actions even when there seems to be no reward. You will never learn to love |
| sugiggs | says | until you learn to demonstrate kindness. |
| sugiggs | says | **Today's dare**: In addition to saying nothing negative to ur spouse again today, do at least one unexpected gesture as an act of kindness |
| sugiggs | says | --end |
| sugiggs | says | What discoveries about love did you make today? What specifically did you do in this dare? How did you show kindness? |
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