I just realised how easy it is to say we love God and are willing to obey Him, how easy it is to feel like a loving person, how easy it is to feel self righteous, go to church at every opportunity, sing, pray, praise and not be inconvenienced. Hmmm... I just learnt that talk is cheap, it is all in the act. Jesus Christ knew what he was refering to, when he said "How can you say you love me (whom you cannot see), when you cannot love your brother/sister that you see" I was put to the test recently and sadly all my self righteousness came to the fore, I bluntly refused to be inconvenienced, I gave reasonable excuses that sound to me lame now.
Thank God for devotionals, I opened mine, and the title that hit me was "Arms Of Love" and I was directed to read 1 John 3:16-20, verse 18 especially struck me "Let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth". I became so ashamed and there decided to do the right thing. Did I feel better? a little. But it got me thinking a lot, can we say we love without having inconvenienced ourselves for it? Can we really love in words alone, without deeds to show for it?
Questions, questions and more questions. all I know is that I want to be like Jesus, not at once maybe, but I will just take it one day at a time.
2 comments:
ola dearie!
longest time...how has it been? good i see :)
ewo tun ni spanish yi? I thought you had level 3 french not spanish?..lol. I am good, it was good to hear from you, and even better to read your post..
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