Goodness And Kindness

I never really understood what "woe to those ..." really meant.  What is woe?  Is woe something slightly bad, or something really, really bad, or a life-long torment?  I never liked the fact that I would be subject to some kind of woe.  Woe is ominous; it is scary, sounds like a curse of sorts, something no one wishes to have.

I thought I would never use the word "woe," thinking that it was an ancient word that carried a threat, or a promise, empty or not, I did not know.  Tonight, I know.

"Woe" is not a threat; it is a promise and not an empty one.  Woe can come from God when one abuses things that flow from God and/or God's gifts.  What kind of woe I do not know but it is some kind of woe and it is not going to be pleasing.

When will woe arrive I do not know either but I do know that one will have a woe or two when one takes advantage of another person's goodness and kindness, thinking that persons with those characteristics are weak and easy targets but they are not because God is on their side.

How am I so sure that God is on their side?  Goodness and kindness are not Satanic traits; they can come only from God through God's grace. [1] Therefore people who are good and kind have not only the grace of God, but also the support of God.  When people have God's backing, they are strong, very strong.  My advice is not to take advantage of these people because that would mean taking advantage of God.  Good cannot come from that.

What is worse is taking advantage of people who are good and kind by using (more accurately, abusing) God's gifts.  For example, when intellect, a gift of God, is being used dishonestly to gain an advantage over a person who is good and kind, a gift to that person by the grace of God, then the user is being cruel to God twice.  Good cannot come from that either.

So tonight, I will be bold and state:  Woe to those who abuse God's gift to take advantage of goodness and kindness.


[1] How come God does not give to everyone goodness and kindness?  God only allows goodness and kindness to fill the spirit of those who freely choose to love God.  In other words, one has to exercise Free Will to be good and kind to love God and to love God one must necessarily and freely choose to be good and kind.