Seeds of Kindness

The Magic Marker has faded a bit. The flower sprigs are bedraggled, even for flora that started out dried.  But I can't bring myself to throw away this message created by one of our kids at Sunday School long ago.

The little paper pocket, dabbed in pastel paint, hangs by the back door, amidst a collection of keys that may or may not run something on our farm these days. The message, "Sow seeds of kindness," is a key in itself, isn't it? If I catch a quick glimpse of it as I dash out the door on the way to accompany at school or to help Randy, maybe it will provide that subliminal nudge to actually practice what it preaches.

"Sow seeds of kindness." It's just another way to consider the Golden Rule, I suppose. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

On the other side of the kitchen door, I transplanted two messages from my late mother-in-law, Marie's, kitchen.

One of the little cardboard-backed fabric plaques has this prayer:

Lord, make me a blessing today. 

Let me be a sunflower in a garden full of thorns.

And the other says:

A day hemmed in prayer seldom unravels. 

Though she's been gone for years, I am still getting reminders from Marie about what is truly important in life, if only I take time to take the messages to heart. And I'm thankful.

But, they are only words as faded as the Magic Marker that wrote them if I don't carry them with me as I hurry through the door.

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I am linked to Jennifer Dukes Lee's Tell His Story. Click on the link for more messages of faith.