Just a thought by coppi

“Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.” 

“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.” Matthew 7:24

If you are driven by fear, choose to be courageous. If you are filled with hate and prejudice, choose to be loving and kind.  (Norman Vincent Peale)

Chesed (חסד, also Romanized ẖesed) is a Hebrew word commonly translated as “loving-kindness,” “kindness” or “love.”

My deceased husband, Standish, used hesed many times.  He loved to say to me when I was “out-of-sorts” “hesed Coppi hesed …loving kindness is the way to be not angry”.  I think there are many passages in the Bible that reinforce his statement.  Example:  “Do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give no opportunity to the devil” (Ephesians 4:26–27). To refuse to surrender our anger is to welcome the devil to wreak havoc in our hearts and relationships. It allows him to take new ground, and to extend his stay in any given situation”. (Marshall Segal)

I read the following this morning and it sums up the word kindness to me:

“Integrity’s everything – No matter how educated, talented, rich, or cool you believe you are,  how you treat people ultimately tells all”.  

“Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble” – let the wind and rain wash away the ‘uglies’ in your life and let forgiveness, love, and kindness be your solid rock on which you stand.