Proverbs 3:3
Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
What a glorious proverb to memorize, mediate upon and apply to one's life. If this one proverb were practice my a simply majority in our world just think of the change we would see. Having the art of practicing "kindness" is one thing, but to do so "truthfully" is quite another. The combination of these two is dynamic to say the least. The first, "kindness" is the act of doing good deeds for the benefit of others, often overlooking one's own needs. If we just had a few people doing that, just think how that would go over for us in our relationships? What if husbands did just a week worth of "kindness?" But, it is not just random kindness (although that isn't a bad thing), it is kindness based upon "truth." Christ said He was "truth" so these acts of kindess are done in a Christ-like attitdue. Doing kindness in the way Christ does is something special. Doing kindness in sincerity and truth is pure and powerful. We ought not to think of doing kindness in a hap-hazard manner. We ought to bind truth-kindness on our hearts and around our necks. Apply this proverb to your life only "half" the day and you will see a "wholesale" change in your life and that of those around you.The combination of kindness and truth yields a powerful result. In 2:3-4 we read that if we practice kindness and truth it will result in favor with God and man. This is a tough verse to apply to life. To practice truth is not so hard but to do it with kindness makes the task more difficult. Peter, Paul and John all add something about this in their own words (1 Peter 1:22; Ephesians 4:15; 1 John 3:18). Solomon said it and the others echoed it so that we would live it. Add to your wardrobe today the concept of kindness and truth.
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