Random Acts of Kindness
Ladies meeting- Spring
Decorate with flowers and spring colors of greens, pinks, light blue, yellows
Table decorations- each table setting- purchase small Chinese take out boxes, fill each one with a spray of flowers and strips of paper with random acts of kindness suggestions. These suggestions give the ladies kind acts to show their love and care of others. Here are a couple of sites with suggestions.
Also in the decoration have seed packets labeled “Seeds of Kindness”- check the listed site for examples or printables. Ladies will decorate their seed packet covers and select several people that they will be giving this small gift to.
Devotional - Whatever-
I say whatever a lot. When someone says something I don’t really believe--- “whatever”
When I disagree with someone---- “whatever”
When I don’t understand something and give up----- “whatever”
I say it when I don’t really care about the subject someone is talking about and insists on me listening ….”whatever”
It really isn’t being used in a positive way. It is said when things are against what I want or agree with.
Negative words remind me of a time long ago, when I was exercising every day by walking with my friend and my neighbor. You know that when you are walking with friends the conversation kind of goes everywhere. But, one thing I noticed with while walking with them is that their conversation always went to the negative. The negative talk was usually about their husbands. Their husbands didn’t do this right, or that fast enough, or they didn’t pay enough attention to something, or whatever! Oh, there is that word again!!
After a few days, I began to realize that my husband was just as terrible as theirs! And I began to see all those faults in him that they had mentioned. Wow, how could all our husbands be so bad!
I began to realize that I was being influenced to look only at the things my husband was doing wrong! I knew better! So I knew I had to make a change. I spoke with him and told him that I didn’t think I would be walking with them any longer, so I stopped and they continued walking daily. Within an amount of time, my neighbor decided that it was time to divorce her husband. After all he wasn’t doing and being the husband she felt he should be,
and after a time… my friend, was finding all kinds of fault with her husband, things grew bad at home and divorce was soon to follow.
Negative words, negative actions, negatives.
It is very easy to fall into the negative. But God wants us to delight in His positive!
Whatever………. you say!
That is where I want to dwell now, in the whatever.
Whatever - things are true, whatever - things are honorable, whatever - things are just, whatever- things are pure, whatever- things are lovely, whatever -things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Philippians 4:8
WHAT EVER! Will never be the same! I will dwell in the positive of God’s words and actions every I think of Whatever!
That’s right, God doesn’t want us to dwell only in hearing, he wants us to take action as well! How can I bear the fruit that God wants me to bear?
This brings me back to Philippians 4, but let’s back up a little:
Philippians 4:3- 9
3. Yea, I beseech thee also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Notice the words, We need to help each other because we all are laboring together to reach the lost, our names are written together in God’s book, we are sisters in Christ! We can not focus on the negatives of one another when we are working together for Christ!
4 Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
Let others see that you are patient with them, knowing that God is watching us and that we represent him to others.
6 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Trusting, knowing that all things work for good, and praising God through it all! And if we do then we will have God’s peace.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
This is where our whatevers are : ( yes, I left out the so…. Whatever)
verse 8:
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
9 The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Think about the conversations that took place on the walks we were taking, like then, you are very likely to come across unkind people speaking unkind words, and often about other people!
God wants us to be different, he wants us to be kind, loving, full of compassion. Then we need to begin sowing seed of kindness! God’s command is very simple.
Micah 6:8 (New American Standard Bible)
8He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justice, to love kindness,
And to walk humbly with your God?
Colossians 3:12-13 (New American Standard Bible)
12So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; 13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
"As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith." Galatians 6:10
Let’s begin sowing seeds of kindness and begin using our whatevers.
Random acts of kindness strips of paper with suggestions of things you might do anonymously for others! Seeds of kindness – seed packets
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