KINDNESS; AN OPEN WINDOW TO SHARE CHRIST

Do you pray for the Lord to open the window 

or the door for you to share Jesus Christ?

Many days I do and then don't carry with 

me the very thing that I should that 

gives me the opportunity to do what 

I am diligently praying for. 

Last night after going to bible study at our church 

I stopped at the grocery store down the road.  

As I began to check out there was a woman 

who spoke very little English.  She was from 

Vietnam and seemed shy.  As I began to speak 

to her and encourage her to have confidence 

and not be afraid of the new world she has 

entered she smiled and asked, "Are you a Christian?"  

Now how can someone speak with you 

for two minutes and identify your love 

for Christ?  

For this woman it was because someone 

had already planted a seed deep into her heart. 

My response was, "Yes, I am a Christian and 

one who loves to give hope to others."

She said, "I have a teacher where I am 

learning English and he is kind, patient 

and helps me learn and explains things 

to me until I finally understand them.  

He told me he is a Christian and I can 

see that you and my teacher act the same.  

What an open window we have been 

given to radiate Jesus Christ through 

our kindness.  

I work at a location that has nationalities 

from all over the world and the thing I 

have noticed is when they walk through 

the hallway they do not smile.  When 

they walk past certain people they do 

not smile but when I walk past them, 

because I have showed them kindness, 

they smile and greet me with joy.  

This is not a huge dose of kindness. 

I don't go out of my way to show 

them deep affection or kindness.  

I don't do special things for them.  

I just explain things to them in a 

kind way and it opens the window 

of their heart to listen to the words 

I express to them.  

After speaking with the woman for 

a few moments I told her about our 

Ladies Christmas Dinner and invited her. 

She wrote down the address and my 

name and I pray through this encounter 

we will be given even more opportunities 

to take the love, hope, and kindness of 

Jesus Christ even deeper into her heart 

and into her family. 

It only takes a minute to be kind, yet 

sometimes we are in such a hurry to 

get the next bargain, the next dollar, 

the next big raise at our job, the next 

spot in the line, that we slam the window 

tightly and never get to see the face of that 

person beam with joy after a small act 

of kindness.  

 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy 

and beloved, bowels of mercies, 

kindness, humbleness of mind, 

meekness, longsuffering;

Colossians 3:12

And let the peace of God rule in 

your hearts, to the which also 

ye are called in one body; 

and be ye thankful.

Colossians 3:15