Speech vs Actions

A famous college football coach once said… “your actions speak so loud that I can’t hear what you are saying”

He said that in reference to what his young players would say at team meetings or in the locker room and what he saw on the field. In other words they could talk the talk but when it came to the actual walking they came up short.

So too Christians…

we can say we don’t love money until someone asks us for some of it

we can say to our new wife I’ll love you forever and never disappoint you until some rough times come and you meet a more desirable woman

we can say that we attend church every time the saints meet until we have a headache or we’re a little tired or we decide to stay at home and watch services on line.

we can say that we welcome any kind of criticism until some one says our kids aren’t acting appropriately or like when an Elder calls us and says we haven’t seen you in a while and the defenses come up.

We can say we always tell the truth unless we need to cover up some little embarrassing fault

We might say all those noble spiritual things but they’re awfully hard to hear when our actions are making so much noise to the contrary.

In fact, let’s let our righteous actions be so loud that they drown out our speech.