KINDNESS

I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. Jeremiah 31

 Mercy Love and Kindness

 Ruth 1:1-21

 Your road led through the sea your pathway through the mighty waters—a pathway no one knew was there! 20You led your people along that road like a flock of sheep, with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds. Psalm 77

 “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. 12May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.” Ruth 2

 “The Lord bless you, my daughter,”he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. 11And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character. Ruth 3: 

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. 14The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! 15He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.” 16Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. 17The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. Ruth 4

 Love is patient, love is kind. Cor 13

 The Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will. (2 Timothy 2:24–26)

 Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindnessis intended to turn you from your sin? Romans 2:4

 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4

 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:22-23

 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done. Proverbs 19:17

 I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you. Jeremiah 31