One day my sister was playing with Jak Jak. She had his
squeaker toy and he was trying to get it from her. She held it high in the air.
She was trying to get him to jump. He started barking and growling at the toy
and at her. Now, you need to know that Jak Jak doesn't really bark much. He may
bark at a certain type of dog but other
than that he's fairly docile.
As he was barking my sister said, "you have to
try." See, Jak Jak hadn't even tried to jump to get the toy. He just
barked because he wanted my sister to put the toy lower. Finally, Jak Jak
jumped. He missed. Then he backed up, ran, and jumped. He got the toy. My
sister said, "see, you just had to try."
There are multiple lessons in this little episode. One is
never give up. Another is try. But I want to focus on something you may not
have thought of. At first, Jak Jak used his words. I don't speak dog so I don't
know what he was saying but I can imagine he may have been yelling at my
sister, making excuses, or he could have been saying "I am going to get it
give it to me." His words didn't do him any good. We can rant and rave
about something that upsets us or something we want but does that do us any
good?
It wasn't until Jan Jak tried to get the toy that he
succeeded. Jak Jak stopped just using words. He stopped yelling. He stopped
making excuses and let his actions speak. That little idea that actions speak
louder than words is proven here. Many times we walk through life making
excuses or yelling about things we don't like. But, that doesn't do us any
good. We need to try. We need to work. We need to act.
If there's something you don't like that's going on, what
can yo do about it? If there's something that seems impossible do you just give
up or do you keep trying? Do you ask God for guidance and help when you have
problems and you are not sure what to do?
James 1:22 and James 2:18
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