"In the beginning was the Word" says the first letter of John in the Christian New Testament. But how about since then? How about since the beginning?
I wonder if faith is only a little about "words" and a lot about behavior. I wonder if behavior should flow from words, and outvote words a thousand to one. For instance, the words of Jesus: "Love your neighbor as yourself" presumes that you have agape for yourself, and that you would extend that same profound, compassionate respect to your neighbor. So . . .
You have read, and maybe repeated, the words of Jesus. Can you manage to behave in a profoundly compassionately respectful way to the people you encounter each day?
If you are exercising the Muslim faith, and you routinely mumble the word "salaam", can you act in an actively peaceful manner toward people you meet each day?
Or, is it all words, empty, "full of sound and fury" as the playwright wrote?
What do you think? What about all the words used in the typical worship service, and the amount of congruent behavior that flows from those words? Leave a comment and let us know.
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