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October 7th 2018

Pastor Steve’s Blog Sunday, Oct 7 As you know I love to read and tell stories and if they are humorous then so much the better. I ran across this story in my reading this week and thought I would share it with you. It is entitled: “Kindness Returns” and it is found in the book God’s Little Lessons for Leaders. “Many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered the lobby of a small Philadelphia hotel. ‘Every guest room is taken,’ the clerk said but then added, ‘I can’t send a nice couple like you out into the rain, though. Would you be willing to sleep in my room?’ The next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, ‘You are the kind of man who should be the boss of the best hotel in the United States. Maybe someday I’ll build one for you.’ The clerk laughed and forgot about the incident. Two years later, however, he received a letter containing a round-trip ticket to New York and a request that he be the guest of the elderly couple. Once in New York, the old man led the clerk to the corner of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-Fourth Street, where he pointed to an incredible new building and declared, ‘That is the hotel I have just built for you to manage.’ The young man, George C. Boldt, accepted the offer of William Waldorf-Astor to become the manager of the original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Good leaders will go out of their way to help people, and as a result, they will not only receive their favor but also the favor of others and, most importantly, the favor of God.” As good Christians, we should also plant seeds of kindness into the lives of others. The Bible tells us that good seeds will produce a great harvest and that harvest will be returned to us many fold. I would commend to you Proverbs 3:3-6 (The Living Bible Translation). “Never tire of loyalty and kindness. Hold these virtues tightly. Write them deep within your heart. If you want favor with God and man, and a reputation for good judgment and common sense, then trust in the Lord completely; don’t ever trust in yourself. In everything you do, put God first, and he will direct you and crown your efforts with success.”