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I will be the first person to tell you that there is always room for personal growth in my life, as it should be for everyone.  I do not strive to be perfect, I strive to be excellent, and therefore if I have learned something that is true, I believe that I should share it to the best of my ability.

The topic for today is hypocrisy, and the biggest problem I have with hypocrisy is when it is diplayed in religion or faith.  For I have seen in the world, those who claim to be Christian speak the words of truth or of the Word of God, but do not live it out. And yet, those that I see that make no such claim but do, I believe that God must be working in their lives as well.  What I find it comes down to is that hypocrites of religion or faith perhaps do not know what it is to be selfless or truly loving. 

This scripture comes to mind 1Corinthians 13: “If I speak in the tongues of mortals and angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing”…This verse goes on to talk about how prophecy and knowledge will end, but love will never end.  If this is so, will those who are hypocrits who speak about God but do not live their life in his love and his teaching, consider themselves to really live the Christian life?

I know for myself that God gave to us many beautiful gifts and that every life is precious. To me, that means that every person I meet needs to be shown the love that God has given me to give to others.  God has given me many gifts like chastity, love, a caring family, good friends, hope, theology, etc…Having study these areas since I was a small child, I feel that truth has been revealed to me in each gift.  I pray everyday that I will walk the walk I talk. And you know what? I’ve never given up yet to be as excellent as I can be.

Please pray for those who speak but do not live it.  You may know the truth, you must still choose  to live it.

Peace to all,

Grace