Let's be kind

Colossians 3:12

"Therefore as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.




I was thinking about what I was going to post for this week, until I came across this little article on facebook. It was mentioning how being nice to strangers is actually quite healthy for you, being Kind acts as a trigger that releases oxytocin, which helps dilate the blood vessels, which then reduces blood pressure. It also mentioned how other studies reveal that being kind causes less social anxiety and it causes better relationship satisfaction. As I was reading this I felt a little convicted because I remember how much the bible stresses kindness, so I had to evaluate myself to see if I achieved that standard of "kindness". Don't get me wrong I try my hardest to be nice, but there are certain areas I need work on, I then started to think about how the other day a random lady came up to me trying to talk to me while I was at the train station, and I found it awkward, but she was bringing up how she was raised to be kind and say "hi" to strangers. I guess I was stuck to societies modern behavior of strangers. Reading this was a nudge to me, so I went looked at bible verses on kindness, and came across this Verse in Colossians. God calls us to clothe ourself in compassion. Now you already know that when we begin to do that the stems of kindness, humility, gentleness and patience begins to sprout. Overall, hope this blog encourages us to be kind to one another.