Author: Cindy Dawson

Christian

How a Simple Act of Kindness Changed a Life

Cindy Dawson

The Valedictorian – A True Story

John walked down the crowded high school hallway carrying all the books from his locker when some bullies intentionally knocked them out of his hands.

A bystander walked up and helped him gather the books and supplies. Seeing that the boy was almost in tears, the bystander offered a few kind words.

The boy who had been bullied later became the class valedictorian. At graduation, he gave a powerful speech that caused the auditorium to become still in silence. He told the story of how at one time he had been planning to kill himself. He cleaned out his locker so that his mother wouldn’t have to do it after his death. He told how some students knocked the books from his hands leaving him in tears.

He explained how someone stopped and helped him gather his books, taking the time to speak kindly to him for just a few minutes. This act of kindness gave him the will to keep living because it showed him that kindness existed in the world. This simple act of compassion saved his life.

“Love is … kind…” I Corinthians 13: 4

I have failed to follow God’s path many times in my life. When I reflect on God’s kindness to me in spite of my failings, I am utterly amazed.

Why is God so patient and kind to me? Do I deserve it? Definitely not! And yet, He is always there, ready to listen to my cries for help when I need Him. Always faithful to His promises, always revealing His love for me expressed in His great kindness.

If I meditate on His kindness to me, how can I be anything but kind to others? God’s love is expressed in kindness. 

Many times I have received a note or gift from a friend, and that person had no idea that God was using their expression of kindness to lift my heart, encourage me, and turn my eyes back on Jesus.

Even though it may seem like a small thing to us, writing a note, providing a small gift, or a random act of kindness could be just what a person needs at that time. We must not think we don’t have time or we’re too busy. May we slow down and take the time to show kindness where it is needed.

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” Colossians 3:12 NIV

“But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.” Titus 3:4-5a NIV

In His Love, Cindy

Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.”

Psalm 122:6

RealChristianWomen.blog

Christian

Trusting God’s Plans: Insights from Scripture

Cindy Dawson

1-minute read Friday, 4/18/25

“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” 1 Corinthians 13:12 KJV (emphasis mine)

When I don’t understand something in the Bible, this verse reassures me. After all, God’s thoughts and actions are beyond human comprehension. We should trust in His wisdom, even when we don’t understand it. God said,

“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:9 NIV

In His Love, Cindy

Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.”

Psalm 122:6

RealChristianWomen.blog

Christian

Meditation on John 8:12: Light of the World

Cindy Dawson

Verses for Meditation, 4/17/25

“When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 NIV

Have you ever been in total darkness? Imagine what that would be like and then read what God has said about it. There are 142 verses about darkness. You can read some of them HERE.

In His Love, Cindy

Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.”

Psalm 122:6

RealChristianWomen.blog  

Christian

Quote of the Week, 4/16/25

Cindy Dawson

1-minute read

Our life of praise to the Almighty is a stone thrown in a deep mill pond, evidenced in the widening ripples. The mystery being, we will never know how far our ripples travel in this world.

Alan Kearns, Ripples of Praise, Devotional Treasure

My thoughts: I believe the Lord sometimes uses something we said or did to help another person. Then that person helps someone, and then that person helps someone. And so go the ripples! How far? We will never know!

Read Alan’s devotional HERE

In His Love, Cindy

Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.”

Psalm 122:6

Photo: Glencoe village & Loch Leven from Pap of Glencoe. https://www.facebook.com/SpectacularScotland

RealChristianWomen.blog  

Christian

Biblical Verses on Jesus’ Return: Insights from Acts 1

Cindy Dawson

1-minute read Tuesday’s Verses, 4/15/25

“After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.  “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” Acts 1:9-11 NIV

Commentary: “He shall come in like manner … By any fair interpretation, this can mean nothing short of a visible and bodily coming. It may mean more than that. It cannot mean less.” R.A. Torrey, 28 January 1856 – 26 October 1928

In His Love, Cindy

Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.”

Psalm 122:6

RealChristianWomen.blog  

Christian

Persecuted for Righteousness: A Biblical Perspective

Cindy Dawson

1-minute read, Monday’s Verse, 4/14/25

Jesus said, “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” Matthew 5:10-12 NIV Read full chapter

We are in good company in enduring the world’s hatred … If the world had nothing better than a cross for Jesus, it will not have a royal carriage for His followers.” J.C. Macaulay

In His Love, Cindy

Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.”

Psalm 122:6

RealChristianWomen.blog  

Christian

Historical Significance of Palm Sunday

Cindy Dawson

1-minute read for 4/13/25

“The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.” Matthew 21:6-8 NIV Read full chapter

Commentary: The people showed that they were receiving Christ as royalty by spreading their cloaks on the road and palm branches before Him and shouting words meant only for the Messiah.

Palm leaves represented independence to the Jewish people. Waving palms expressed their hope that the Messiah was in the city, taking control, throwing off Roman bondage, and setting them free. He did set them free, but not in the way they expected. (Jeremiah Study Bible Notes)

In His Love, Cindy

Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.”

Psalm 122:6

RealChristianWomen.blog

Christian

The Importance of Truth in Our Spiritual Journey

Cindy Dawson

1-minute read, Sunday’s Memory Verse, 4/13/25

“So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.” Hebrews 2:1 NLT

“As a matter of fact, if you examined a hundred people who had lost their faith in Christianity, I wonder how many of them would turn out to have been reasoned out of it by honest argument? Do not most people simply drift away?”

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

In His Love, Cindy

Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.”

Psalm 122:6

RealChristianWomen.blog

Christian

Understanding Passover: Significance for Christians and Jews

Cindy Dawson

Passover has significant meaning for Christians and Jews alike. Passover begins before sundown on Saturday, April 12, 2025.

Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is a pivotal Jewish holiday commemorating the Israelites’ liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt. Now Passover commemorates the liberation from slavery to sin for all who trust and follow Jesus.

At the first Passover, Moses told the people of Israel to slaughter a lamb (Exodus 12:21, 42) and spread its blood on the entrances to their homes in Egypt (Exodus 12:7). The blood protected the people from God’s wrath. Every subsequent Passover likewise required the sacrifice of a lamb.

The ancient Passover feast has always foreshadowed the ultimate atoning work of Christ’s shed blood on the cross as the full and final payment for our sins.

“For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.  Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 NIV

Jesus Christ is our Passover lamb. Just as lambs were slaughtered during the Passover to atone for sin, Jesus died for the same purpose. His blood was sacrificed for us on the cross to deliver us from sin.

“… it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed …  but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.” 1 Peter1:18-21 NIV

He saved us by causing the wrath of God to “pass over” our sins.

“Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!” Romans 5:9 NIV

“God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith.” Romans 3:25 NIV

“The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'” John 1:29 NIV

“All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.” Revelation 13:8 NIV

Shalom to all!

In His Love, Cindy

Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.”

Psalm 122:6

RealChristianWomen.blog

Christian

Abiding in Christ: The Secret to a Fruitful Life

Cindy Dawson

1-minute read Friday, 4/11/25

“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.” John 15:7-8) NKJV

To abide in Christ means to dwell in His Word, walk in obedience, and remain in constant reliance upon Him. The result is a life that glorifies God.

When we recognize that we can do nothing apart from Him, we also recognize that all we accomplish is by His power and for His purposes. 

In His Love, Cindy

Do you want to know more about Jesus? See my page Who Is Jesus?

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.”

Psalm 122:6

RealChristianWomen.blog