Thought for the Month

 

The Oil of Kindness

 

There is an old story of an elderly man who always carried a little can of oil with him everywhere he went, and when he would go through a door that squeaked, he would squirt a little oil on the hinges. If he encountered a gate that was hard to open, he would oil the latch.

 

And so he went through life, lubricating all the difficult places, making it easier for all those who came after him. People called him eccentric, strange and crazy, but he went steadily on.

 

In this world, there are many lives that painfully creak and grate. Often it seems that nothing goes right with them and that they need lubricating with the oil of joy and gentleness.

 

Are you ready with your oil of helpfulness each morning? Your oil of cheerfulness will mean so much to someone who is downhearted. Or the oil may be a word of encouragement. Never fail to speak it, for our lives may touch others only once on the road of life, never to meet again.

 

Give others the sunshine and tell Jesus the rest.

 

A.M

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