Be Of The Same Mind

If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: be of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. Let each of you look not to your own interest, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross.

Philippians 2:1-8

In a self-centered world where we are conditioned to look out for our own interests above and beyond all else, kindness is not always expected. Some people do have a different set of values that puts others ahead of them.

You can never know that some stranger may have been sent by the angels. There is no better way to represent Christ than with kindness – even to strangers.

Kindness is one gift anyone can give.

Our Daily Bread – February 25, 2008