ADVENT JOURNEY 2025 (Exploring the Character Traits of the Messiah) -- EPISODE 6

If life has left you bruised, hear this: Jesus moves toward you with kindness. Not to shame you, but to lift you. This Advent, let His gentle love restore what’s been worn thin.

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Jesus:  the Kind One

Scripture: Titus 3:4 “When the kindness of God our Savior appeared…”

Kindness in Scripture is not softness; it is strength wrapped in tenderness. It is love expressed in action, compassion expressed in presence, and mercy expressed in timing. Jesus’ kindness was never accidental — it was deliberate, thoughtful, personal. He saw the ones others overlooked. He paused for the ones others hurried past. He made room for the ones others pushed aside.

His kindness touched lepers when no one else would come near. His kindness welcomed children when the disciples tried to send them away. His kindness defended the shamed woman thrown at His feet and restored her dignity. His kindness sought out Peter after his denial — not to condemn, but to restore. His kindness fed the hungry, noticed the lonely, healed the brokenhearted, and invited the weary to rest.

And He moves toward us in the same way today.

Some of us fear God’s disapproval because we’ve only ever known harshness from people. Some of us brace ourselves when we pray, expecting divine impatience or frustration. But Advent whispers a different truth — the heart of Jesus is kind. His kindness leads us back home when we’ve wandered. His kindness lifts the chin of the discouraged when hope sinks low. His kindness restores what life has bruised and what shame has hidden.

His kindness is not a reaction; it is His nature. He is not kind because we deserve it. He is kind because He is good. And every time we encounter Him — in Scripture, in prayer, in quiet moments — His kindness moves toward the places in us that ache the most.

So today, let His kindness meet you. Let it soften what has hardened. Let it comfort what hurts. Let it remind you that the God who comes near at Advent comes not with judgment, but with kindness that heals.