This concept has come up a couple of times lately: If you have to preach your faith to show it, then you are not living it. It started with a patient at work who recognized he was irritating his cell mates with his preaching. He understood what I said about living his faith instead of preaching it, but he was driven to preaching.
And, it came up with a co-worker, who goes about telling us how very Christian she is, but who gossips, does not do an honest day's work, and makes rude and judgmental remarks about others. Another co-worker and I discussed it: we can be kindly towards her but shut down the inappropriate comments.
It made me think about my life. I do not do much by way of testimony regarding my faith. I hope my actions at work and as a citizen are a demonstration of my faith. But, I would not give myself really high marks. I think a I can do better.
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