Many years ago anthropology professor, Margaret Mead, told her class that she believed the first sign of a civilized society is a human femur that had been broken and had mended. When an animal breaks a leg in the wild, they die. They cannot run from predators and get to food, or water. They are easy prey. A healed bone is proof someone else tended to the injury and stayed with them to nourish and protect them until they were back on their feet again. Caring about others is what makes a society civilized.
As Christians, we are instructed to be kind, caring and even loving to those around us. Did you know that when you do those things you are civilizing your society? Now you know.