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  LACK OF KINDNESS
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The lack of kindness in the world is the root cause of
unhappiness, and it is up to us to change this by being mindful of our
words and actions.

Topics: "Christian Love", "Kindness Matters"
Scripture References: Proverbs 31:26, Matthew 7:12, Romans 13:10, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:12

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches on the transformative power of kindness in
our interactions with others, emphasizing that love fulfills the law by
working no ill towards our neighbors. She highlights how unhappiness
often stems from unkind conduct towards one another, and how the world's
unkindness can be reversed through individual acts of kindness. Tileston
also addresses the impact of criticism within families, urging against
unnecessary fault-finding to cultivate love and companionship.

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Love worketh no ill to his neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of
the law.

--ROMANS 13:10

In her tongue is the law of kindness.

--PROVERBS 31:26

THE worst kinds of unhappiness, as well as the greatest amount of it,
come from our conduct to each other. If our conduct, therefore, were
under the control of kindness, it would be nearly the opposite of what
it is, and so the state of the world would be almost reversed. We are
for the most part unhappy, because the world is an unkind world. But the
world is only unkind for the lack of kindness in us units who compose
it.

--FREDERICK WM. FABER

You feel in some families as if you were living between the glasses of a
microscope. Manner, accent, expression, all that goes to make up your
"personality," all that you do or leave undone, is commented upon and
found fault with.

--H. BOWMAN

If you would be loved as a companion, avoid unnecessary criticism upon
those with whom you live.

--ARTHUR HELPS

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/lack-of-kindness/
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