One of the markers of Christian maturity that Paul mentions repeatedly is kindness. kindness doesn’t mean that we are squishy on the truth or that we never speak with boldness. Kindness doesn’t mean that we will never do anything that offends others, or even that everyone will like us. What kindness does mean is that, at the end of day, we have compassion and show care to all people, even to those who are anything but kind to us. After all, that’s the heartbeat of our story, a God who showed us such kindness He suffered and died on the cross for us.