December 1-31, 2022

Month of Kindness: Do you remember as a kid going to a body of water and throwing a stone, trying to make it skip? Do you remember standing there watching how far the stone would go? Regardless of how far the stone skips, once the stone hits the top of the water you begin to see ripples that continue traveling through the water, even after the stone has sunk to the bottom. Though the stone has stopped moving, the ripple effects continue on the surface.
   Imagine one act of kindness as the first touch of the stone to the surface of the water. As the ripples go farther and farther from the point of impact, the circle gets larger.
   With each solitary act of kindness, we can create this ripple effect. Now multiply that one act by how many people we encounter each day. That is potentially A LOT of people. However, the effect of each act of kindness does not stop there. For each person that we are kind to, they can then potentially pass the same kindness on to each person that they encounter. Imagine what a different place this world would be if each of us made a mindful effort to do this every day! In the month of December, can we make a daily effort to show kindness to each person that we encounter as a way to prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ?