Random Acts of Kindness

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I just found a neat website that could serve as a catalyst for us as we strive show kindness to our fellow man. Check it out! Maybe it will give you an idea you haven't thought of... Do something kind today!

This year Random Acts of Kindness Week is February 11-17. Some ideas from the website are:

* Offer a couple of hours of baby-sitting to parents.
* Treat someone to fresh fruit.
* Pay a compliment at least once a day.
* Transport someone who can’t drive.
* Mow a neighbor’s grass.
* Say something nice to everyone you meet today.
* Give the gift of your smile.
* Tell your children why you love them.
* Write a note to your mother/father and tell them why they are special.
* Write a thank-you note to a mentor or someone who has influenced your life in a positive way.
* Donate time at a senior center.
* Give blood.
* Give another driver your parking spot.
* Give a pair of tickets to a baseball game or concert to a stranger.
* Drop off a plant, cookies, or donuts to the police or fire department.
* Open the door for another person.
* Call an estranged family member.
* Pay for the person behind you in the movie line.
* Give friends and family kindness coupons they can redeem for kind favors.
* Offer to return a shopping cart to the store for someone loading a car.
* Invite someone new over for dinner.
* Write a card of thanks and leave it with your tip. Be sure to be specific in your thanks.
* Let the person behind you in the grocery store go ahead of you in line.
* Buy cold drinks for the people next to you at a ball game.
* Give a bag of groceries to a homeless person.
* As you go about your day, pick up trash.
* Send a gift anonymously to a friend.
* Slip a $20 bill to a person who you know is having financial difficulty.

"Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."
~ Matthew 6:1-4

Not too long ago a kind-hearted Christian couple came by our house and gave us a gift card to use for our Thanksgiving dinner. They said that they were going out of town and didn't have any expense for Thanksgiving this year and wanted to help someone who did. I was humbled and grateful. Later when I thanked the lady of the house for her kindness and the gift card she asked what gift card I was talking about and then said that she had already forgotten and referenced the Scripture above. She and her husband are fine examples of Jesus in action! I want to be like them. I want to be like Jesus!

For information on a book full of kind ideas check out the book Signs of Life at Robin's Reading Room.

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