11-20-20

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
November 20, 2020
Scripture: James 4:17
Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, commits sin.

Thought for the Day: I have always been troubled by the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson who wrote:

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

There is something about now and not later, something about acting and not procrastinating. While the scriptures often speak about waiting, it is not to be used as a go-to excuse for why we do not do what we knew we should do. As I have reflected on this the last few days, I have concluded that kindness is very much tied to timing. I don’t know what late kindness becomes, but I don’t know if it is still kindness.

Prayer: Kindness should be so simple, Compassionate God, so let me get to it before it is too late. Amen.

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