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By Lakella Davenport
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Kindness is a virtue of the Holy Spirit. It is a fruit of the Holy Spirit produced in the lives of those who have been shown and have accepted the kindness of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. To be kind is to be friendly, cordial, nice, caring, compassionate, merciful, giving, and hospitable. Kindness is a characteristic of a virtuous woman or man. Kindness is a characteristic of an authentic and true friend. Ecclesiastes chapter four describes the power; the virtue of a two-fold friendship. “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken,” (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12).
There are numerous women in the Bible who walked by the Law of Kindness. Four women, in particular; have caught my eye, as having demonstrated great acts of kindness toward others who crossed their life’s path. Rahab, The Shunammite Woman, Ruth and Dorcas were all women of virtue who were caring, friendly, hospitable and giving toward others in need.
Rahab: The Harlot
In Joshua chapter two Rahab, the harlot, hid two Israelite spies who had been sent by Joshua to spy out the land of Jericho for Israel’s possession. She hid the two spies; protecting them from being killed by the King of Jericho (Joshua 2: 1-6). “And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I whist not whence they were:” (Joshua 2:4). “But she had brought them up to the roof of the house; and hid them with stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof,” (Joshua 2:6). “Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father’s house and give me a true token: And that ye shall save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death,” (Joshua 2: 12-13).
The Shunammite Woman
The Shunammite woman showed kindness toward the prophet Elisha. “And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick; and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither,” (2 Kings 4: 8-10).
Ruth
The next woman of virtue, Ruth showed loving kindness and friendship toward her mother-in-law, Naomi, after the death of both their husbands (Ruth 1-4). “And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me,” (Ruth 1: 16-17).
Dorcas/Tabitha
A fourth woman who walked in the virtue of kindness in the Bible, is Dorcas or Tabitha, a disciple of Jesus Christ (Acts 9:36). “Now there was at Joppa, a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and alms deeds which she did,” (Acts 9:36). Dorcas was all about helping the poor and those in need.
I would love to be used by the Lord like these women were used to administer help in meeting the needs of others within the family of God. As women of God; we must be led by the Law of Kindness; giving freely, compassion, mercy, and grace to those who cross our paths.
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