Imitate the One Who Promises Everlasting Life

BE KIND LIKE JEHOVAH

Jehovah is kind to all people.  (Luke 6:35) And Jesus is just like his Father. What helped Jesus to be kind to people when he was on earth?  He imagined how they would feel about what he might say or do. For example, a woman who had done many bad things came to Jesus. She was crying so much that her tears  fell on Jesus'' feet.Jesus could see that she felt very sorry about the bad things she had done and that she had  repented. He realized that if he was unkind to her, she would feel even worse.  So he praised her for the good she did  and forgave her.  Jesus also spoke kindly  to a Pharisee who  did not agree with what he had done for this woman. -Luke 7:36-48. 

How can we be kind like Jehovah? We need to think before we say or do something so that we  are gentle with others and do not hurt their feelings. Paul wrote that a Christian "does not need  to fight, but needs to be gentle toward all." ( 2 Timothy 2:24) For example, think about how you can be kind in these situations: If your employer is not  doing his job well, what will you do? If  a brother who has not been to the Kingdom Hall for many months comes to the meeting, what you will you say to him?  If you are preaching and someone says that he is too busy to talk to you, how can you be kind to him?  If your wife asks you why you did not tell her about some plans you made, will you speak to her in a kind way?   We need to imagine how others are feeling and how our words might affect them.  Then we will know what we should say and do to be kind like Jehovah. -Read Proverbs 15:28. 

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From the Watchtower magazine, 2015