BLOGGING TOWARD SUNDAY…

You may have heard about Homer and Mary Lou.  Homer and Mary Lou were courting on the front porch swing.  And Homer was very much in love with Mary Lou, but he was a little shy and had some difficulty about mustering up the courage to express his love.  Knowing his limitations, he tried to express his affection with flowery words:  “Emmy Lou, if I had a thousand eyes, they’d all be lookin’ at you.  Emmy Lou, if I had a thousand arms, they’d all be huggin’ you.  Emmy Lou, if I had a thousand lips, they’d all be kissin’ you.”

Emmy Lou looked at Homer and said, “Homer, stop complainin’ about what you don’t have, and start usin’ what you do have!”

Well, the point is clear:  It’s not enough just to talk a good game.  Just going through the ritual, just saying the creed, just singing the hymns, just preaching the sermon is not enough.  We are called to practice what we preach.  We are called to live our faith daily.  We are called to be servants, fishers of people.  Only when our creed becomes our deeds is it worth anything.  Only when our faith becomes active and goes to work is it worth having.

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