J. C. Ryle (1816 – 1900) said, “I charge you never to neglect the duty of brotherly love, and practical, active, sympathetic kindness towards every one around you, whether high or low, or rich or poor. Try daily to do some good upon earth, and to leave the world a better world than it was when you were born. If you are really a child of God, strive to be like your Father and your great elder Brother in heaven. For Christ’s sake, do not be content to have religion for yourself alone. Love, charity, kindness, and sympathy are the truest proofs that we are real members of Christ, genuine children of God, and rightful heirs of the kingdom of heaven.”
Too many people follow this world’s mind-set where everything is all about themselves. That wasn’t the way Jesus Christ lived while here on this earth, and that isn’t the way we as His followers should live. We should seek every opportunity to show the love of Christ to others by our actions.
1 Corinthians 13:13, “And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
“Kindness makes a person attractive. If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it.”
– Alexander Maclaren