“To the kind, You show Yourself kind.” (Psalm 18:25)
Driving 20 miles to the violin store which I purchased a violin before to fix the bow. On the way home, I dropped by Costoco. After finishing with loading up my trunk, an American lady was kind to offer pushing my cart back with hers. “How kind!” I felt warm in my heart. “God, I want to be kind too for giving someone a warm feeling, especially during this hard time.” I also heard myself praying: “I want to choose joy no matter the situation.”
God answered my prayer quickly. When I got home, the violin store called me that they gave me the wrong bow and told me to go back to pick up my own. “Really? Driving 40 miles back and forth for that?”
However, my heart said: “Fine. Just another drive. Everyone may miss some thing sometimes. Have I not been forgiven so many times by others for my mistakes?” Then, suddenly, I know God has given me the opportunity to be kind—to forgive others as I was forgiven.
The next day, God proves His word to be true. The violin shop said it’s their mistake and they will bring my bow to me for saving my 40-mile trip to go there.
Praise the kind God to show His kindness to us when we are kind to others!
My life is worthy of God’s call. It means: My life= God’s call.
I was not a kind person and so I know it’s God’s prompt to stir up my heart to pray for learning to be kind according to His teaching agenda for me. And then He proves His promises by showing His kindness to me when I am kind to others so that I know He is encouraging me to keep doing the right thing like a teacher gives a thumb-up to the obedient student who is on the right track.
God calls me to be His disciple, learning and following His teaching, which is a calling for His great mission, not a task for self-fulfillment. Jesus Christ promises His yoke is easy and His burden is light and He compels me to live up to His call. Praise God for weighing my life toward His glory, that is, living a life worthy of His Name.
開了20 哩去原來買小提琴的店家換弓弦，想說以後不要跑這麼遠了，反正沒給老客戶折扣。
順道去了Costco，有個女士在我卸完採買的東西後，說要幫我把推車一起推回去。啊，真是和善！上帝，我也想要Be kind，讓別人在疫情期間感受到一點點小確幸的溫暖。
上帝很快回答我的禱告了。我回家後小提琴店家打電話告訴我，他們拿錯弓弦給我了，要我再回去拿。啊，單趟再開20哩？「算了，再去一趟就是。人都有閃失的時候，我自己也許多次被他人原諒不是嗎？」。心裡這樣想以後，突然想到這就是上帝讓我Be kind不是嗎？感謝神已經給我打預防針，使我遇到心煩時，能選擇喜樂。
隔天小提琴店的人說要把琴弓送到我家，因為是他們那邊的失誤。哇！上帝印證他自己說的：「恩慈的人，你以恩慈待他」。
我向大老遠送小提琴弓來的人傳簡訊謝謝他。他則為他們店的疏失跟我道歉。而我知道這整件事是神教導我的功課。
我不是生性就能對人溫柔恩慈，但就因為如此，我清楚知道我能對人恩慈實在不是出於我自己。上帝教導我的方式是：先讓我被上帝和別人的恩慈所感動，再鼓勵我去禱告想要效法好榜樣去對人恩慈；然後祂給我機會順服聖靈的感動去行動，完成後再給我聖經應許的印證，告訴我做對了，再繼續下去。這就是結出聖靈的果子，就是聖靈在我裡面做成了「恩慈」的品格。
上帝呼召基督徒做祂的門徒，就是學習並跟隨主耶穌基督的榜樣。祂呼召就必裝備，因此成為基督徒是一個呼召，是給聖徒一個帶著祝福的禮物。跟隨主耶穌要憑相信獨一真神的信心，不是憑肉體努力的宗教行為。
那麼感動聖徒去順服上帝的力量來自哪裡呢？那力量的來源是上帝自己，藉由聖靈住在我們裡面，慢慢地融化我的石心，給我一顆能感受愛的肉心，靈命長大成熟後就自然會想去彰顯神的愛與榮耀。
每個信靠上帝的聖徒最後都能像保羅一樣說：「我活著就是基督」。我的生命就是主耶穌的呼召。我要活出配得主的名的生活。
禱告：親愛的上帝，讚美您是恩慈的神，所以您願意教導我也以恩慈待人。原諒我曾經靠老我努力，想靠做好事跟您交換祝福，或只是倚靠宗教的行為來自我滿足。主耶穌，我願意捨己，請您幫助我學習您的律例，教導我的靈漸漸地成熟長進並鍛鍊出屬神的品格來榮耀您。奉主耶穌基督的名求。阿門。