Today
I am continuing my series on the Fruit Of The Spirit! If you've
missed any of my previous posts in this series, you can find them on
the Index page or by looking under the "Labels" heading in
the right-hand column. You can also use the search function!
Remember,
these letters are free to share with your sponsored children! Feel
free to copy and paste, editing the parts in bold
to
suit your/your child's needs!
Dear
(Name),
Greetings
in Jesus' Name, my little prince/princess!
Once
again, I am happy to be able to share another letter about the Fruits
of the Spirit with you. So far, I have written about Love, Joy,
Peace, and Patience. So today, I want to talk about KINDNESS.
What
is KINDNESS? The meaning of kindness is being caring, helpful, and
considerate of others. The best way I can explain kindness, is to
tell you about something that happened to me. A
few years ago, I got sick and had to go to the hospital. I was
allowed to come home the next day, but I was very tired and not able
to do very much. I was surprised when I heard someone knocking on my
door. A lady from the church had heard that I was sick, and she came
to visit me and make sure that I was okay. She brought me soup,
biscuits, and also made sure that I was taking the medicine the
doctor had given me. I believe that it was because of her kindness to
me, that I recovered so quickly. I will always be grateful that she
took the time to listen to God and show me kindness. (You
can edit this part to tell a story of a time when someone was kind to
you!)
The
Bible says in Ephesians 4:32, "Be kind to one another,
tenderhearted, forgiving each other just as God in Christ forgave
you." God wants us to be kind to others, because God Himself has
been kind to us!
Not
only does God want us to be kind to each other, He also wants us to
speak kindly to others as well. Proverbs 16:24 says, "Kind words
are like honey: sweet to the soul and healthy for the body."
Today,
I have a special mission for you. It's a Kindness Challenge! I am
sending you four bookmarks. Use scissors to cut out the bookmarks. If
you don't have scissors at home, you can ask an adult at your
Compassion
center
to help you cut them apart. You can keep one of the bookmarks for
yourself. Then, my challenge for you is to find three children at
your Compassion
center who
don't have sponsors yet, or who don't get any letters from their
sponsors. Give them a bookmark and tell them that Jesus loves them
and that someone in (sponsor's
country)
is praying for them! The next time you write to me, you can let me
know if you were able to complete the challenge. I look forward to
hearing all about it!
I
love you so much (Name)...
I am so proud of you and I know that God has given you a kind heart!
Love,
(your
name)
Along
with this letter, I included the Lemon/Kindness coloring page as
found at Christian Preschool Printables.
And
there's a selection of gorgeous free printable bookmarks at BookmarkBee.com, including some with crosses!
*Note:
As
always, we recommend that you stay away from Halloween or
monster-themed bookmarks for your Compassion children!
Happy
Writing!
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