Be kind! It is free...

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Ernie
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Be kind! It is free...

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Saw this on a church sign today.

Be kind! It is free, no matter who is in office!
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SMALL COURTESIES

Heartening stories
https://forum.mennonet.com/viewtopic.ph ... &start=200

In recent months, with epic discontent in airways, i’ve thought about how important SMALL COURTESIES are in most peoples’ daily lives. Whether locally, or during travel, i’m impressed with how courteous most people are to one another.

i sense lots of silent personal stress around, but this doesn’t keep people from treating each other kindly.
i’m seeing increasing evidence of poverty in my area.

The harder things are, the more important human dignity becomes.
(i learned from my elders who experienced world wars and The Great Depression.) The will to be a civilized human being regardless of trying circumstances.
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Kindness results naturally from supernatural joy .. strangely, in all circumstances ..

Supernatural joy ..
nourishedandrooted_ WROTE:
The Lord gives us a supernatural joy. ..
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Ernie wrote: ↑Wed Nov 12, 2025 11:35 am Saw this on a church sign today.

Be kind! It is free, no matter who is in office!
Kindness and compassion are SO central to who Jesus was. And to what love is.
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1. Are we discussing the topic? Good.
2. Are we going around and around in a fight? Let's stop doing that.
3. Is there some serious wrongdoing or relational injury? Let's address that, probably not in public and certainly not for show.
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2021: “Kindness doesn't cost you anything”
https://forum.mennonet.com/viewtopic.php?t=4250
temporal1 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 24, 2022 12:17 pm
Bill Rushby wrote: ↑Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:18 pm Sometimes kindness costs quite a bit, but it is a mandate from the Lord.
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