Proverbs 12:25 says “Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.” As you pray today (and throughout the week this week), ask God how you can participate in the cycle of kindness. If you need to be open to a kind word, ask God for ears to hear it; if you need to be the giver of that kind word, ask God for the opportunity to share it. In an ever anxious world, we can be agents of peace by kindness given and received through the power of the God’s love living in and through us.