actions

 

Hi Folks,

 

     I have spent some time reflecting on a basic principle of life.

 

     The principle that ACTIONS speak louder than WORDS.  This is a self-evident and simplistic statement, but it is a principle which we can use to help us to model our lives after Christ's teachings, and to uplift our lives and our ministries and our families futures.  This simple, effective principle can be used as a mirror to examine what is of most value to ourselves.  When we examine the actions which we took today, and yesterday and last week...do they reflect our Christian values?

 

     Actions speak louder than words.  That means that what we act upon contains the value of our lives, and not what we profess to believe.  Actions speak louder than words...a simple statement that our modern society seems to value very little.

 

     The wisdom of our forefathers, wherever they may come from...be it Europe, or Africa, or Asia, or wherever else...is something that seems to have lost its value in our modern society.  Has humanity really become a symbol of the lowest common denominator, as it often seems these days?  Have we humans, as a whole, forgotten the hard-learned lessons of our predecessors?  Have we substituted "common knowledge" for wisdom, or commonly accepted moral precepts for biblical principles?

 

     I pray not. 

 

     Let us each strive to be discerning as the days creep forward, and let us pray that our lives are modeled after the actions of Jesus Christ.  Christ's ministry while He was on this earth was one of action, He healed, and He taught and He LOVED.  He packed a lot of action into the three and a half years of His earthly ministry...what have WE done with the last three and half years of our lives, and what are we going to do with the next three and a half?  Have our actions concurred with our words, our professed beliefs.  For many of us, that IS the case, and for some of us...there may be doubt.  I pray that all doubt be removed and that others around us may see our actions follow our beliefs, and not merely the mouthing's of platitudes, or a semblance of belief. 

 

lights... camera...

 

Dios le bendiga grandemente a su familia y ministerio.
 
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