Always Be Humble and Kind

Finally, a country song that got it right. Thank you Tim McGraw for reminding us of the fruits of the spirit. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Galatians 5:22-26. However being kind to someone who has hurt you is beyond hard, at times it can feel impossible. Being kind doesn’t mean that you ignore sin, it just means that you don’t let hate and hurt take over your heart. Satan not only wants situations to injure us, but he also wants us to build a wall around our hearts called hate. From that point it just gets harder and harder to let love in, or to show love in return to someone, and that my friends is not what Jesus wanted for our lives.

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Luke 6:35-36. Jesus tells us to love our enemies, but why? Doesn’t he know how hard that is? Of course he does, He knows all too well. We are supposed to be light bearers of God and if God’s love for us is unconditional, we should love our spouses unconditionally. God’s love for us doesn’t change just because we messed up or didn’t perform our best. That doesn’t mean there won’t be consequences for our actions, but He still loves us so much in spite of how we mess up. Our spouse is not our enemy, even though it can feel that way, especially when big decisions need to be made. If there’s one person on this planet we should love unconditionally, it should be our spouses. After all, that is what we proclaimed in our vows, for rich or poor, sickness or health, good times or bad. Our marriages are not just going to be all good all the time, so how will you respond when your marriage is in a valley? Will you be the beacon of light for your spouse and everyone on the outside looking in? Those are really big shoes to fill but thankfully when we are weak, He is strong!