The Be Kind Blog

When people say things that annoy, discourage or upset me, I have to remind myself that we are more alike than we are different. I say things that are careless or even hurtful more times than I care to count, so I have to find the grace to brush it off if I expect people

What’s the big deal with a name? A woman helping me at the grocery store yesterday, finished up by saying, “Is there anything else I can get you, Nicole?” I don’t know what it is, but when people use my name, it makes me feel special. Important almost. It’s amazing how the little things we

Words are meant to encourage, uplift and breathe life and light into this world. Sometimes our greatest act of kindness is to simply keep our mouth shut when we know nothing good is going to come out of it. “And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment day for every idle

“I am God’s favorite child… and so are you.” -Jo Satrang, in her Bible Study Fellowship teaching. The great thing about God is that He doesn’t have to make sense. We can count on Him for WAY more than we could ever imagine, because He’s not held to the same human attributes that define us.

Last night I got to meet the 92 year old woman who appointed herself as my children’s pen-pal. The letters she writes them about growing up in a one-room school house in rural North Dakota are priceless. We cherish every one… Please don’t ever think you are too old, too poor, or too anything to

It is my belief that when you bring the things that hurt you out into the open, you diminish Satan’s power to hold them over your head and keep you in bondage. Pull those wounds from the deepest part of your soul, allow people to pray over them with you and then watch God renew