A righteous and good man is never alone! Yesterday, I went to the market with my mother and walked around. Many friends from the neighbors came to comfort my mother, and many merchants in the market were very sad to hear that my older brother passed away! They all said: My older brother is a filial child! But everyone's conclusion is the same: It's a good thing for him and my mother that my brother is leaving the world now, and I am quite in favor of it! My elder brother is not an ordinary child. Although my elder brother is relatively slow, he has a very kind heart. The quality of "kindness" is the most important business card in our life! Many people package themselves in different ways, but they forget that what we need most in life is "kindness"!
I saw my father write: The Family of kindness celebrates having fish! I told my dad: You spelled "fish" wrong! It's "Family of good deeds celebrating more than enough"! Dad said: "Yu" and "Yu" are homophonic, and fish = good enough! I said: You are right! We should do the will of Jesus! (Matthew 4:19) And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. ~Jesus said to Peter and Andrew: Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men! What does it mean? It is Jesus who wanted Peter and Andrew to have "abundance", and it is what we often say during Chinese New Year: Every year there will be fish! It is more than every year! Do you think why what Jesus said to Peter and Andrew is completely in line with traditional Chinese thinking?
Why did Jesus make Peter and Andrew fishers of men? Because of what Jesus taught! "Fish" is a representative word for abundance in Jesus' heart, just like "fish" in traditional Chinese culture is the same reason! And Jesus has always taught people to "do good". Peter and Andrew were able to catch people like fishers because they followed Jesus' footsteps. If we did not follow Jesus' footsteps, we would not be able to catch people like fishers of people! Therefore, following in the footsteps of Jesus is what we have always said: "There is more than enough celebration for the family of good deeds"! Ever since we started to abandon "goodness", we have been trying to get what we want with "evil". We don't see the benefits that "kindness" brings us, why? Because we give up goodness, we are more willing to follow evil. When a person becomes more and more evil, the wealth they accumulate is the blood of innocent people. The wealth accumulated with "innocent blood" will only make us poorer and poorer. Because we have to pay a terrible price for shedding innocent blood.
"Kindness" requires persistence! "Kindness" comes with a price! "Kindness" is bound to be lonely! Just like a group of people can "cross the road at a red light"! Why can you "cross the road at a red light"? There must be a group of people! The reason why "evil" can run rampant is that there must be enough people to do evil. If there are only 1 or 2 people crossing the road at a red light, then these two people will never be able to cross the road at a red light. "Evil" can be rampant, there must be enough "evil forces"! If 1-2 people cross the road at a red light, they will only be scolded by the driver and honk. If only 1-2 people are evil, they will not be able to cause harm at all, but what will really cause harm is: "the masses are evil"! Why can't we see the abundance of God, but our world is full of the evil of the devil? Because we have no goodness, how can God make us more than good? When people become more and more evil, what kills us is our evil! Crossing the road at a red light will never run unimpeded. If you encounter a group of very evil drivers, you will inevitably kill those who run the red light without mercy. Therefore, "evil" is not that it will not be rewarded, but that it has not met "more evil" people!
Who will insist on "goodness"? Someone like my brother! Those who insist on kindness must endure "laughing"! Those who insist on kindness must endure "loneliness"! What is the price of kindness? The "price of kindness" is not to follow the crowd! We must insist on doing things with our conscience, and only doing things with our own conscience is the real kindness. Kindness is not the standard in the eyes of others, but the conscience created by God as the standard. The standard of conscience has nothing to do with people's thoughts! "The family of good deeds celebrates the fish", and the family of good deeds must be people who have more than enough and overflowing with grace! My elder brother didn’t put much effort into managing his personal relationships, nor did he think about it: Jesus said that fishers of men are like fishers of men, but my elder brother completed his journey of life with "a kind heart". Kindness families there will never be a shortage anything!