Recently, a friend of mine posted this picture on Facebook. I asked myself- Why would anyone go to all the trouble of making swings for chickens? It seemed unnecessary, because after all, they are just C-H-I-C-K-E-N-S. Then it occurred to me that perhaps those chickens had become pets, or maybe he was just being kind. I like the last idea the best, it just fits his character.
We see kindness in different forms all the time, but I especially like the form found in this response of Jesus to a lawyer...
Luke, Chapter 10, (WEB)
25 Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
27 He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
30 Jesus answered, “A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, 34 came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, ‘Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.’ 36 Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?”
Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
My friend (also my son-in-law) saw a need the chickens had and did something about it. The good Samaritan did the same.
Do something nice for someone today- you will be glad you did?
Who knows, they might even give you some eggs in return?????