{"id":349,"date":"2014-07-30T00:19:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T05:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?p=349"},"modified":"2019-05-17T15:20:25","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T20:20:25","slug":"kindness-receiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kindness of Receiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"gift from the sky by procsilas\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3088680545_d8a0c76d9a_b_gift.jpg\" alt=\"gift photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><small>\u00a0\u00a0<\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/james-1-17-color.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-364 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/james-1-17-color.jpg\" alt=\"james 1 17 color\" width=\"600\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/james-1-17-color.jpg 600w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/james-1-17-color-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>by Lydia Floren<\/p>\n<h2>One of the kindest things I can do<\/h2>\n<p>with my life, is to choose to receive the love of God everyday.\u00a0I know that seems contradictory, but just hear me out:<\/p>\n<p>Taking the <a title=\"The Barnacles of Busy-ness\" href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/06\/02\/barnacles-busy-ness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">time each morning<\/a> to receive God\u2019s love, frees me to be the person I am meant to be.\u00a0 It allows me to shed<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>insecurities,<\/li>\n<li>selfishness,<\/li>\n<li>restlessness,<\/li>\n<li>unforgiveness, and<\/li>\n<li>self-condemnation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/psalm-23-3-color.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-361 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/psalm-23-3-color.jpg\" alt=\"psalm 23 3 color\" width=\"600\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/psalm-23-3-color.jpg 600w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/psalm-23-3-color-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Being loved also energizes me. It moves me to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>love My Heavenly Father well.<\/li>\n<li>love my neighbor better.<\/li>\n<li>love myself more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, as I live in my belovedness, I can\u2019t help but act on it. Experiencing God\u2019s love ignites a fire in me to love those around me, and to act kindly towards others (for more about this, read <a title=\"Breathing In\" href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/02\/23\/breathing-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breathing In!<\/a>). This may be in the form of a smile, a shared joke, a word of encouragement, a listening ear, a gift (delivered in secret, if possible), or a note.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-john-4-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-363 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-john-4-19.jpg\" alt=\"1 john 4 19\" width=\"600\" height=\"57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-john-4-19.jpg 600w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-john-4-19-300x28.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Heart-Kindness<\/h2>\n<p>But even these aren\u2019t the most far-reaching acts of kindness I can perform. The most precious acts of kindness are heart-kindnesses &#8211; decisions of the will. Heart-kindnesses can look like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>withholding judgment,<\/li>\n<li>giving grace,<\/li>\n<li>forgiving,<\/li>\n<li>letting go,<\/li>\n<li>or apologizing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-cor-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-362 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-cor-13.jpg\" alt=\"1 cor 13\" width=\"600\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-cor-13.jpg 600w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-cor-13-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Heart-kindnesses shape my attitude, my outlook on life. The more heart-kindnesses I choose to do, the more profoundly my outlook on life is transformed. And a joyful attitude is the most profound kindness I can give to the world. It affects every word I say and action I do.<\/p>\n<p>The Fruit of the Spirit named \u201cKindness\u201d will be manifested in my life only to the degree that I allow God\u2019s love to move through me, prompting me to heart-kindnesses, transforming my attitude, and moving me to acts of service.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Has someone been particularly kind to you recently? We&#8217;d love to hear from you!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/kindnessloveaction_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-365 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/kindnessloveaction_lg.jpg\" alt=\"Kindness is love in action written over pictures of hands clasped.\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/kindnessloveaction_lg.jpg 600w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/kindnessloveaction_lg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/kindnessloveaction_lg-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>By Lydia Floren<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Image inserted by the WP Inject WordPress plugin\" href=\"http:\/\/wpinject.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Photo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/47207654@N00\/3088680545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">procsilas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; by Lydia Floren One of the kindest things I can do with my life, is to choose to receive the love of God everyday.\u00a0I know that seems contradictory, but just hear me out: Taking the time each morning to receive God\u2019s love, frees me to be the person I am meant to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[466],"tags":[491,6,14],"class_list":["post-349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finding-gods-love","tag-attributes-of-god","tag-gods-love","tag-prayer-and-meditation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Kindness of Receiving - Belovedlove<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"One of the kindest things I can do with my life is to choose to receive the love of God every day. I know that seems contradictory, but just hear me out:\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Kindness of Receiving - Belovedlove\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the kindest things I can do with my life is to choose to receive the love of God every day. I know that seems contradictory, but just hear me out:\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Belovedlove\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/belovedlove.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-30T05:19:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-05-17T20:20:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3088680545_d8a0c76d9a_b_gift.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lydia Floren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lydia Floren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/\",\"name\":\"The Kindness of Receiving - Belovedlove\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3088680545_d8a0c76d9a_b_gift.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-30T05:19:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-05-17T20:20:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/#\/schema\/person\/1105f11928cd7dac66c63a7376b13fe9\"},\"description\":\"One of the kindest things I can do with my life is to choose to receive the love of God every day. I know that seems contradictory, but just hear me out:\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3088680545_d8a0c76d9a_b_gift.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3088680545_d8a0c76d9a_b_gift.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":768},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Kindness of Receiving\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/\",\"name\":\"Belovedlove\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/#\/schema\/person\/1105f11928cd7dac66c63a7376b13fe9\",\"name\":\"Lydia Floren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d31ebd28eee6873bf6e78f48ea495570295dd36da3c7c776cbbdfdfc5a17e7d2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d31ebd28eee6873bf6e78f48ea495570295dd36da3c7c776cbbdfdfc5a17e7d2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lydia Floren\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/belovedlove.org\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/bebelovedlove\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/author\/lydiaflorenclan-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Kindness of Receiving - Belovedlove","description":"One of the kindest things I can do with my life is to choose to receive the love of God every day. I know that seems contradictory, but just hear me out:","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Kindness of Receiving - Belovedlove","og_description":"One of the kindest things I can do with my life is to choose to receive the love of God every day. I know that seems contradictory, but just hear me out:","og_url":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/","og_site_name":"Belovedlove","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/belovedlove.org","article_published_time":"2014-07-30T05:19:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-05-17T20:20:25+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3088680545_d8a0c76d9a_b_gift.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Lydia Floren","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lydia Floren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/","url":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/","name":"The Kindness of Receiving - Belovedlove","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3088680545_d8a0c76d9a_b_gift.jpg","datePublished":"2014-07-30T05:19:39+00:00","dateModified":"2019-05-17T20:20:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/#\/schema\/person\/1105f11928cd7dac66c63a7376b13fe9"},"description":"One of the kindest things I can do with my life is to choose to receive the love of God every day. I know that seems contradictory, but just hear me out:","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3088680545_d8a0c76d9a_b_gift.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3088680545_d8a0c76d9a_b_gift.jpg","width":1024,"height":768},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/2014\/07\/30\/kindness-receiving\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Kindness of Receiving"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/#website","url":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/","name":"Belovedlove","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/#\/schema\/person\/1105f11928cd7dac66c63a7376b13fe9","name":"Lydia Floren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d31ebd28eee6873bf6e78f48ea495570295dd36da3c7c776cbbdfdfc5a17e7d2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d31ebd28eee6873bf6e78f48ea495570295dd36da3c7c776cbbdfdfc5a17e7d2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lydia Floren"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/belovedlove.org","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/belovedlove.org","https:\/\/x.com\/bebelovedlove"],"url":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/author\/lydiaflorenclan-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/1618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/belovedlove.org\/reflections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}