Be Kind Even When It's Hard: Loving the One Who's Not Kind to You
A CWJ episode for the kid stuck dealing with a bully or a mean classmate. Pastor Justin walks them through Luke 6:27 and lands them in the truth that real love shows up when you choose kindness toward someone who hasn't earned it, and that's strength, not weakness.
For Parents
If your kid has been dealing with a mean classmate and the urge is to be mean right back, this episode meets them there. Pastor Justin walks them through Luke 6:27 and the harder Jesus way: choose kindness without becoming a doormat. After it ends, name the difference between standing up for yourself and getting even, so your kid can see that being kind is not the same as letting someone treat you badly.
The One Thing for the Ride
“Kindness isn't just for nice people.”
Scripture
Luke 6:27
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Key Takeaways
- A CWJ episode for kids on choosing kindness toward people who haven't been kind
- Walks kids through Luke 6:27 and Jesus' challenge to love your enemies
- Names the honest moment: when someone is mean, the urge is to be mean back
- Tells the story of Marcus inviting the kid who'd been making fun of him to sit at his lunch table
- Names the important boundary: kindness is not weakness. You still tell an adult when something serious is happening.
- Gives four concrete moves: don't respond with more meanness, use kind words anyway, include instead of exclude, pray for them
Try This Week
- Don't respond with more meanness. You don't have to win every moment.
- Use kind words anyway. Even a simple 'Hey' or 'How's it going?' can shift things.
- Include instead of exclude. Sometimes the meanest people are the loneliest.
- Pray for them. Even a quick 'God help them' matters.
Talk It Over
What's one kind thing you could do for someone who hasn't been kind to you?
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