I rode the bus and had to stand because it was full. I stood in front of a lady whose large bag was on the seat beside her. Since the bus was jampacked, the decent thing to do would have been to bring down the bag so somebody could sit. But she didn’t do that. I gently asked, “Is that bag yours?” She glowered at me, rudely answered “Yes!” and continued muttering angrily under her breath.
You meet a lot of characters on the bus and subway but this one particularly struck me. As she continued to whisper expletives, she read the Bible she was holding.
At times, I can also be a hypocrite like that woman – professing my faith yet failing to love, reciting Biblical verses yet speaking harshly to others.
We can pray, go to church every day, memorize the Bible, proclaim our beliefs, but if we are unable to demonstrate that faith to others, that faith is empty.
For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. (James 2:26)
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