When the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us.

Titus chapter 3, verses 4 through 5.

Welcome to today's encouragement from our daily bread.

Our reading, Triumph of Kindness in Christ, was written by Arthur Jackson and read by Wes Ward.

1 Peter chapter 3, verses 8 through 12.

Finally, all of you, be like-minded.

Be sympathetic, love one another.

Be compassionate and humble.

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult.

On the contrary, repay evil with blessing,

because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

For whoever would love life and see good days

must keep their tongue from evil and their

lips from deceitful speech. They must turn from evil and do good. They must seek peace and

pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer. But the face of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their prayer.

But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

Triumph of Kindness in Christ, written by Arthur Jackson.

When Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern-day Major League Baseball,

played at Shib Park in Philadelphia on May 9, 1947, 10-year-old Doris was in the upper deck stands with her father. When an elderly black man

made his way down the aisle to a seat next to them, her father led the way in getting

acquainted. Doris said their conversation about scorekeeping made her feel grown up. She later

reflected, I've never forgotten that man

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