Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our Reading titled Small Kindnesses was written by Alison Keita.

Amanda works as a visiting nurse who rotates among several nursing homes,

often bringing her 11-year-old daughter,

Ruby, to work. For something to do, Ruby began asking residents, if you could have any three

things, what would you want? And recording their answers in her notebook. Surprisingly,

many of their wishes were for little things, Vienna sausages, chocolate pie, cheese, avocados.

So Ruby set up a go-fundme to help her provide for their simple wishes.

And when she delivers the goodies, she doles out hugs.

She says, it lifts you. It really does.

When we show compassion and kindness like rubies,

we reflect our God, who is gracious and compassionate and rich in love. That's why in Colossians three, the Apostle Paul urged us as God's people to clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,

gentleness, and patience. Because God has shown great compassion to us, we naturally long

to share his compassion with others, and as we do so intentionally, we clothe ourselves in it.

Paul goes on to tell us,

over all these virtues put on love,

which binds them all together in perfect unity.

And he reminds us that we are to,

do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

remembering that all good things come from God. When we're kind to others,

our spirits are lifted. Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from

Colossians chapter 3, 12 through 17 therefore as God's

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