A Kind Word

I don’t know about others, but I love getting notes. My boys also love getting cards from their nana, their Sunday school teachers, or their school teachers. It is just a fun way of communication!

My grandma, who went to Heaven a few years ago, was the best at writing notes and keeping in touch with everyone. My mom is great at this as well. While going through my day, I often will get a text from a friend saying, “I’m thinking about and praying for you.” What an encouragement that is! We never know what others are going through in their lives and how much they might need our kind words. After coming home from attending my grandma’s funeral in a distant state, I found a sympathy card waiting for me. Also, one of the sweet ladies in my church handed me a card at the next church service. Proverbs 12:25 says, Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

In this day and age, there are so many different means of communication. We cross paths with different people every day. Some of these people we know from work or church. In our day-to-day lives we encounter people we may not know at a store or in a restaurant. Proverbs 25:11 says, A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Proverbs 31:26 says, She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. Why don’t each of us take some time out of our day to share a kind, encouraging word with someone else? We can serve the Lord with our words when we are willing to spread kindness and encouragement to others. Whether it is through a card, email, text, or just a kind word shared while “out and about,” what a testimony we can be for the Lord with our encouraging, uplifting, and Christ-honoring words!

by April Pineda

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