Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Actions speak louder than words is a cliche we have heard.  It is true. What are our actions? I say I believe in God, do I actually live like I believe in God?  What do my actions say? Many talk bad about Trump, what about his actions? His actions for America have been good. If you don't think the economy has improved just go into a fast food place where they are struggling with new employees. I regularly go to a Hardee's or a Macdonalds in the morning to meet with others, and they are struggling to get orders right with new people. Old people have moved on to better jobs.  Actions, I got hit hard with Obama Care on my taxes this year. I made a mistake, and we had one year where we needed insurance for Barbara, it looked like the Affordable Care Act was the place to go, up until tax time.  The IRS hit me for $10,000 because of the Affordable Care Act. O yes, we were promised it would be cheaper for the government to handle our insurance. Words, just words, the reality, the actions were a lot different. I hope people will look at actions in this next election and not the lies from the left. The Bible warns us about trusting our heart or our feelings. Guard your heart, it tells us.  Don't go by feelings alone. Some times doing wrong can feel so good, but that doesn't make it right. Sometimes doing the right thing is really hard.  I remember recently I mouthed off when I had a belt brake on my riding mower, if there is something else that is causing this belt to brake, I will come back and pay you. I said this when the first belt I bought broke and they gave me a replacement for free. Then when that belt broke in just a couple of days, I knew I had a more serious problem, I just didn't know what it was. The words were easy, the actions were hard, but I did follow-through and went back to the auto parts store and try to pay for the belt. They let it go but my actions match what I said. Keeping Promises, that is a difficulty for each of us at times. We say things and then later regret them. Here is another area, I claim to be a Christian, do my actions match my words?  I remember one morning I played a video for my men's group at church. I had forgotten how many bad words were bleeped in the video. I was so embarrassed. It sort of had a good message, but the foul language just wasn't appropriate. Do we guard our words and do our actions speak the same as our words? Love others, do my actions show love? This new generation goes a lot with feelings, but are those feelings the same as truth? I think often of the violence we see at the hands of groups like Black Lives Matter that want to change injustice or at least perceived injustice. Their actions are not anywhere close to the actions of Martin Luther King Junior. Look at the actions of ANTIFA or just about any mob. I have seen so many videos of Blacks reacting badly in a traffic stop and how do they justify their actions and think they are doing something good for society when their actions teach disrespect to the children watching them. They attempt to make the police look bad and come off looking like fools themselves. That is why we pay the police to enforce the laws we as a society put on the books. They make a traffic stop for an infraction of some sort. It does not mean they are harassing you because you have a dark skin tone. If you are driving without a license, take care of the issue and get your license restored.  I had my license suspended once, I had to take action to get that license restored to be able to drive legally. I had four traffic citations and one accident in a year and my license was suspended. My driving has been much better in the last 15 years. Not ticket free but much better. And as I drive along I often will use speed control. I think my current driving record is ticket free.
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:18
Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12
God bless, LVZ.