Undeserved Kindness
Has anyone given you more than is required of them? Has someone unexpectedly been there to lend a hand? I'm sure there are. Sometimes even a simple smile can go a long way.
It’s things like this that keep our spirits high, when the everything else seems to bring us down. At work, for instance, it can get really frustrating when you assign someone a task, and they throw it back to you by coming up with excuses, then take leaves in an attempt to avoid responsibility. It becomes a game of passing the ball around, and it turns into your problem, because work has to go on. When things like this happen, it can get really disappointing.
Fortunately, there are memories of undeserved kindness that lift us up in moments like this. I remember when I had really sore eyes last year, my officer drove me to the health clinic. He could have just dropped me off and waited in the car. Instead, he accompanied me into the clinic, got me the forms to fill and waited till I was all settled. There was another time when my clerk was on medical leave. Although I was already informed, she cared enough to sms and remind me from home, about an event to attend, seeing that I had been very busy. Another time, I missed my lunch and looked exhausted, my staff came and offered me a nice piece of bun she had actually bought to take home. It wasn’t their job or duty to go to that extent, but the fact that they did, brings smiles and balances off the negatives. In fact, it encourages me to pay it forward to others.
Yes, undeserved kindness humbles us. Even more, this Easter season. Come 21st March is Good Friday. The day we commemorate the act of our beloved Saviour Jesus Christ who showed us the greatest example of undeserved kindness. He died for us while we were yet sinners. Imagine a King leaving the comfort of His Throne, to walk this earth and call us friend; to pay the price for our sins with His life that we might be made blameless. Following that, that we will celebrate with joy His Resurrection on Easter Sunday – where victory is won over the grave, and we are blessed with hope of life beyond with the Lord.
So my dearest brothers and sisters, let’s keep our minds focused on His love, and our hearts bowed at the Cross. Let us thank God for all the love that has been showered upon us through divine intervention, a familiar face or even a stranger. And may we continue to show His love to everyone around us, everyday, in whatever way we can.
It’s things like this that keep our spirits high, when the everything else seems to bring us down. At work, for instance, it can get really frustrating when you assign someone a task, and they throw it back to you by coming up with excuses, then take leaves in an attempt to avoid responsibility. It becomes a game of passing the ball around, and it turns into your problem, because work has to go on. When things like this happen, it can get really disappointing.
Fortunately, there are memories of undeserved kindness that lift us up in moments like this. I remember when I had really sore eyes last year, my officer drove me to the health clinic. He could have just dropped me off and waited in the car. Instead, he accompanied me into the clinic, got me the forms to fill and waited till I was all settled. There was another time when my clerk was on medical leave. Although I was already informed, she cared enough to sms and remind me from home, about an event to attend, seeing that I had been very busy. Another time, I missed my lunch and looked exhausted, my staff came and offered me a nice piece of bun she had actually bought to take home. It wasn’t their job or duty to go to that extent, but the fact that they did, brings smiles and balances off the negatives. In fact, it encourages me to pay it forward to others.
Yes, undeserved kindness humbles us. Even more, this Easter season. Come 21st March is Good Friday. The day we commemorate the act of our beloved Saviour Jesus Christ who showed us the greatest example of undeserved kindness. He died for us while we were yet sinners. Imagine a King leaving the comfort of His Throne, to walk this earth and call us friend; to pay the price for our sins with His life that we might be made blameless. Following that, that we will celebrate with joy His Resurrection on Easter Sunday – where victory is won over the grave, and we are blessed with hope of life beyond with the Lord.
So my dearest brothers and sisters, let’s keep our minds focused on His love, and our hearts bowed at the Cross. Let us thank God for all the love that has been showered upon us through divine intervention, a familiar face or even a stranger. And may we continue to show His love to everyone around us, everyday, in whatever way we can.
Have a very Blessed Good Friday and Easter!
Romans 5:6-9 (New Living Translation, The Bible)
6 When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. 7 Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. 8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
From J. Joanna
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