{"id":12662,"date":"2025-07-05T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12662"},"modified":"2025-06-04T11:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:45:27","slug":"teaching-of-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/05\/teaching-of-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching of Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Found in the last chapter of Proverbs, Bathsheba gives Solomon wisdom on choosing a wife of noble character.  The 21 verses that comprise her sage advice outline a woman of strong character, sound logic, and commendable discipline.  Dispensing common sense to her son, Bathsheba knows that acting with kindness yields the best results, regardless of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My mother, a woman of noble character, taught kindness.  \u201cYou get more bees with honey than vinegar,\u201d she often said.  For a long time, I didn\u2019t understand.  From my limited perspective, I didn\u2019t think some people deserved kindness.  But then God transformed my life and my thinking by giving me the kindest husband a lady could ever want.  Ron doesn\u2019t have a mean bone in his body; his natural response to any situation kindness and grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus always led with kindness; His reason for coming to Earth the kindest act anyone had ever done.  Applying Christ\u2019s teachings to my life, listening to my mother\u2019s words, and observing Ron\u2019s responses have helped transform my life and make me a kinder person.  Now, before I speak, I stop and ask myself, \u201cIs this kind? Is it necessary? Is it true?\u201d  If I can\u2019t answer yes to all three questions, I don\u2019t say the words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speak kind words, teach kindness, and model it for others, just like Jesus and His followers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journal Question:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Who has taught you kindness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Random Act of Kindness:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How can you set an example of kindness today for someone who needs to learn it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One-minute read. Found in the last chapter of Proverbs, Bathsheba gives Solomon wisdom on choosing a wife of noble character.  The 21 verses that comprise her sage advice outline a woman of strong character, sound logic, and commendable discipline.  Dispensing common sense to her son, Bathsheba knows that acting with kindness yields the best results,… Continue reading Teaching of Kindness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12662"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12700,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12662\/revisions\/12700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}