Make sure you use your words.

"Use your words".

My wife and I used to say this to our girls when they were younger and would be crying or upset. They would often cry, grunt, whine, or point to tell us what they wanted. Our response was usually to say, "use your words". No matter how good we are at point in a direction and using body language, without our words it is up to the listener to interpret and guess what we want them to know. To get our point across we can only reach a new level of clarity and understanding when we "use your words"

A good salvationist friend of mine recently quoted, "Preach the Gospel, and when necessary, use words." - St. Francis of Assisi. He stated that this quote had come up countless times in the last week and he was reminded that we must let our lives be examples of God's love.

I agree it is absolutely right to live our lives to back up the gospel message, but we must remember that without the words (the Gospel Truth of Jesus Christ) that it is only by Jesus that we are saved and changed, people will just think we are "good people" doing "good works".

My challenge to him, myself, and everyone who claims the name of Jesus is to make sure we USE WORDS because it is necessary.

Don't make people guess or interpret who you are pointing to.... make sure you use your words.

As we approach Good Friday when we remember Jesus death and Resurrection "Easter" Sunday, use every opportunity this week to tell people about Jesus our Savior!

I guess it is this dual concept of proper living and the need for words that causes me to always end my blog the same way.....

Live holy, preach Jesus.