Kindness Rewarded
Welcome to season eleven and a new day that brings with it new opportunities! It’s Tuesday! My goal is to put a smile on your face today! Pay close attention to the end of the podcast session for an exciting opportunity.
As a young boy spending a few years in south Florida we lived in a very small town. So I could ride my bike wherever I wished. In town there was a five and dime store and they carried plastic army men and marbles for twenty five cents a bag. For a dime you could get smaller bag of less appreciated marbles.
One day while on my way to the store to get one of those less appreciated bags of marbles I walked past a distinguished older black man wearing a nice white hat. I remember being impressed by him for some reason I just couldn’t figure out. He just seemed like the kind of guy you just wanted to get to know. He was fumbling in his pocket as he walked and when he pulled out his hand I noticed he dropped some change. I picked up the change and let me tall ya to me it was like finding a fortune. Especially on my way to the five and dime store. But before the man could turn the corner I ran and caught up with him. I said, “Mister you dropped this on the sidewalk back there.” He looked at me and smiled real big and then said, “Son, here take this quarter and go buy yourself something at that five and ten place back there. It’s not often I get to run into an honest young man like yourself.” I nearly shouted, “Thank you Sir!” Now whether that old man did that stunt on purpose or not to test me I do not know, but I sure liked that man a lot. He was very friendly towards a young boy like myself. I did get me a big bag of premium marbles with it too! In fact, my most favorite shooting marble I ever had came from that bag I bought that day.
I share that story because even if the man had not given me any reward for being kind I would have still been rewarded. It felt good to return that money to the rightful owner. Kindness rightly motivated is often its own reward. When you live life in a way that isn’t always feeling empty you have the luxury of being kind even more because your kindness flows from the abundance of your contentment.
You can have that type of abundance flowing in you every day when you belong to Jesus because Scripture says we are complete in Him. We lack nothing! We have been given everything! Kindness comes easy for anyone who believes in Him.
I would like to hear one of your stories in order to share it here. It needs to be vulnerable, humorous and definitely around 2 to 3 minutes tops. Email me at goodnewsthatactuallyis@gmail.com and we will set up how you can get it to me. If it is selected for sharing you will be notified as to when it will air. But for that to happen you will have to get it recorded and sent to me. Have a great day!
