I lead a girls' Bible study and lately we are studying the fruit of the Spirit.  My study on kindness brought me to a little passage I had never noticed before.  Would you like to read what I found?  Read on!

2 Kings 4:8-10 - This passage tells the story of how the woman in Shunam fed Elisha and she and her husband made a room for him on top of their house. 

She persuaded Elisha to eat with them.  How interesting that she would be out and about just at the time when Elisha came through.  She must have been very interested in the word from the Lord that Elisha surely brought.  Anyway, that was a side note.  The real thing to look at in this passage is that she cared about others, particularly Elisha. 

She noticed things about others; she realized Elisha obviously needed food and she perceived that he was a holy man (vs9). 

She thought about ways to meet Elisha's needs.

On top of it all, she invited her husband to join in the blessing of being kind.  She requested with a "please let us" rather than manipulating her husband.  I am sure she could have just hired someone to do the job all by herself --she seems quite capable.  Instead, she invited.  I like that word.  Invited.  Oops, another rabbit trail.

How about that!  Care -- Notice -- Think.  That's kindness. (By the way, kindness becomes goodness when you act on what you have thought about. I figured you might wonder of what benefit kindness could be if it only involves internal operations.)