Action Over Words

We saw this video yesterday in church.  The pastor was talking about how words don't mean anything if they aren't followed by actions.  He also talked to us about being willing to go into the battle, into the crossfire, and fight to bring those who are enemies of the cross to a life with Christ.  We can't do that by merely talking, we have to show them love, an authentic life, and kindness.  This video hit me probably a little harder than some, as our nephew is a medic in the Army.  It made it very real as to what he does, even though I know what he does, and it made our pastors point about going into the battle to fight to save our enemies so they can have eternal life with Christ more real as well.  We weren't called to be comfortable in our faith.  We are called to go into the world, and to go to those who we may not be comfortable around, who stand for things we are against, and to love them like Christ would, to show them why we believe as we do.  Words only go so far, but our actions really show what is important to us, what we value the most in life, and what we truly believe.