{"id":3871,"date":"2025-04-28T07:40:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T07:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3871"},"modified":"2025-04-27T18:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T18:42:42","slug":"be-kind-rewind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/be-kind-rewind\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Kind, Rewind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Monday,\u00a0April 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Be Kind, Rewind<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>And be kind to one another, tenderhearted forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. <\/em><strong>Ephesians 4:32<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blockbuster is a giant video store chain where you could rent movies on VHS tapes. During its tenure there was a time when the phrase \u201cBe Kind, Rewind\u201d was plastered on every VHS tape case at Blockbuster. It was a simple request: before you return the movie, rewind it for the next person. It didn\u2019t take much effort, but it made a big difference. It was a small act of courtesy that helped someone else start fresh\u2014right from the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>In a way, that old slogan holds a timeless spiritual truth. Every day, we encounter people who are mid-story, mid-struggle, or mid-heartbreak. We don\u2019t always get to see what\u2019s playing behind the scenes of their lives. But kindness? It can be the rewind button\u2014giving someone the grace, encouragement, or patience they need to keep going.<\/p>\n<p>Ephesians 4:32 says, \u201c<em>Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you<\/em>.\u201d It\u2019s a simple command, but it\u2019s often the small, quiet acts of love that have the greatest impact. A smile. A listening ear. Holding back a harsh word. Paying for someone&#8217;s coffee. Letting someone go ahead of you in line. These moments might seem minor to us, but they might mean everything to someone else.<\/p>\n<p>So today, let\u2019s take a page from that old VHS cover. Let\u2019s rewind our reactions, our judgments, our need to always be right\u2014and replace them with kindness. You just never know what burdens someone is carrying, and your small act of compassion might just be what rewinds their day back to hope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today<\/strong>: <em>God of Love, thank you for coming to me to show me Your love. Help me now to show this same love to others as I represent you. Amen<\/em><\/p>\n<p><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday,\u00a0April 28 Be Kind, Rewind And be kind to one another, tenderhearted forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 Blockbuster is a giant video store chain where you could rent movies on VHS tapes. During its tenure there was a time when the phrase \u201cBe Kind, Rewind\u201d was plastered on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3873,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3871\/revisions\/3873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}