TAKE TIME TO BE KIND by HELEN STEINER RICE KINDNESS IS A VIRTUE GIVEN BY THE LORD. IT PAYS DIVIDENDS IN HAPPINESS, AND JOY IS ITS REWARD. FOR IF YOU PRACTICE KINDNESS IN ALL YOU SAY AND DO, THE LORD WILL WRAP HIS KINDNESS ALL AROUND YOUR HEART AND YOU. AND WRAPPED WITHIN HIS KINDNESS YOU ARE SHELTERED AND SECURE, AND UNDER HIS DIRECTION YOUR WAY IS SAFE AND SURE. HOW PRECIOUS ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT ME, O GOD! THEY ARE INNUMERABLE! PSALM 139:17 NLT THE LORD IS JUST IN ALL HIS WAYS, AND KIND IN ALL HIS DOINGS. PSALM 145:17 NRSV HE WILL SAVE THEM FROM OPPRESSION AND FROM VIOLENCE, FOR THEIR LIVES ARE PRECIOUS TO HIM. PSALM 72:14 TLB LET THE KINDNESS OF THE LORD OUR GOD BE WITH US. MAKE US SUCCESSFUL IN EVERYTHING WE DO. YES MAKE US SUCCESSFUL IN EVERYTHING WE DO. PSALM 90:17 GOD'S WORD HOW PRECIOUS IS YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS, O GOD! THEREFORE THE CHILDREN OF MEN PUT THEIR TRUST UNDER THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS. PSALM 36:7 NKJV