"Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence." 1 John 3:18-19.
"Actions speak louder than words." "Its not how you talk the talk, it is how you walk the walk." These over-used cliches are so very, very true in Christian life and these verses prove that. It is akin to "faith without works" in James.
I am not sure if there is really any more that needs to be said on these verses. They are a call to use our hands and feet for Christ. To stop talking about how "Christian" we are and start proving it. It doesn't have to be anything huge, although huge things are awesome, but the little things count too. Showing love to a person a Walmart who looks rushed by letting them go ahead of you. Putting a dollar or two in the Salvation Army bucket. Hold back that grumble that wants to come out when someone is rude to you and smiling instead, realizing that everyone messes up now and then.
It is all about sharing the grace that Christ has given us, even when we don't feel like it. Especially when we don't feel like it.
Let us love in actions and truth. How can you share His love today in a way that normally might not think about?
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