Live It Out.

Shane Claiborne tells a story about a woman who knew that he and his comrades were Christians because they 'shine'... and when they met again, she wasn't recognized because she was shining... 

In Matthew, it says, "You are the light of the world... let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."...

Smiling is so much greater than not smiling... letting love shine through our actions instead of just preaching to people is what I am convinced we are called to do.

In 1 John, we are told "Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth."

Live it out.

Don't just talk about it.

St Francis of Assisi said...
“Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.”
and...
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

Live it out.
Live the love.
Make love an action.
Make Jesus real to those around you.
Seek first to love and not to be loved.

Forget about trying to be cool. Forget about what people think. Just love. Love like there's no tomorrow... 

When you're in love, you smile alot... you hear a love song on the radio, and it makes you all warm and fuzzy. You smile at the sight of couples, and everything is brighter... like the world went from black and white into color... 

Shouldn't it be that way with Jesus? Are we so in love with Him that it just overflows into everything... that a simple love song makes us think of Him? That we smile at the bag lady at walmart, because we're happy, and in love?

Shouldn't our HEARTS be OPEN to receiving, (and then pouring out) Jesus & His Love?