Nope, that's not a typo. Sure, the typical wording may be "Say it, don't spray it" when it comes to spewing sentences and overactive salivary glands, but when it comes to love... it's completely opposite. Saying it is simply not enough.What we do has to show that we love, and furthermore, that we love because we were first loved by God.
"Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth" -1 John 3:18
I don't know about you, but I hear and even speak of love all the time. I love the weather today. I love your shoes. I love my job. I love my iPhone. I love this song. I love this show. I love my new car. I love this restaurant. I love this city. I love this country. I love you. I love him. I love her. I love Jesus. I love everything! That sounds like a whole lot of love--but that's the problem. It's just a sound, like resounding gongs and clashing cymbals. But love requires a lot more than sound, and sometimes no sound at all. We hear about what it means to really love all the time. All the greatest saints and even songs on the radio explain that our lives have to be proof of love. We can't just talk about it... we have to live it! Even love songs that have nothing to do with God talk about love as an action. I mean, I can tell someone I love them a lot, but would I catch a grenade for them? Or let's get old school, what was it that Meatloaf just wouldn't do for love? Furthermore, what won't WE do for love? Will we not show our love in simple ways, like listening instead of talking all the time, being the first to call just to say hi, sending a card in the mail, thanking someone who never gets thanked, or even in mighty ways: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, caring for the widowed and orphaned. It's time we stop talking so much about love and start living love.
