The following is titled “ Devotional Thought on KINDNESS.

William Temple wrote the following:

It is Christ who pines when the poor are hungry; it is Christ who is repulsed when strangers are not welcome; it is Christ who suffers when the rags fail to keep out the cold; it is Christ who is in anguish in the long-drawn illness; it is Christ who waits behind the prison doors. You come upon one of those who have been broken by the tempests of life, and if you look with eyes of Christian faith and love, you will know that you are standing before the King of kings, and the Lord of lords. Civilization, as we know it, produces much human refuse. Slum dwellings, long hours of work, underpayment, child labor, lack of education, prostitution—all these evils are responsible for stunting and warping the development of souls. Unless we are exerting all the strength that Christ gives us in ending these bad conditions, then the responsibility for wasted lives lie at our door, and from the streets of cities or the lanes of countrysides the cry goes up through the lips of their Savior and our Judge: “Whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.”

Below are some related scriptures. All are taken from the KJV Bible.

See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.   1 Thessalonians 5:15

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.   Proverbs 19:17

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. Proverbs 14:21

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.   Galatians 5:22-23

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.   Ephesians 4:32

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.   2 Peter 1:5-8

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.   Jeremiah 9:24

Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.   Romans 11:22

May these “Words of Thought” be a blessing unto you.
Troy Chandler
Chaplain, Army of Trans-Mississippi