Barks and Bites

I used to hear stories about my granny all the time. She had a slick tongue and would talk her way OUT of most things, yet INTO some other things. I remember a particular story about a time she talked her way into a potential fight in the cafeteria, and her best friend wound up beating the girl up on my granny's behalf! Her kids would always accuse her of having all bark and no bite, unless it came to them...then it was quite the opposite!

The age-old adage of "all bark and no bite" basically refers to one who is all talk without action. You know the guy who does all the talking about their basketball skills and then gets dunked on after the tip? All bark...no bite. Or the girl who swears her cooking is so good it'll make you wanna slap yo mama, but it tastes like unseasoned bologna paired with original flavored off-brand rice cakes?!? All bark...NOOOOO bite! We as people have a tendency to say more than we should, bite off more than we can chew, so to speak. We are all talk, with little to no action to back it up.

We say that we love God. We claim to serve God. We talk like God is the center of our lives. Yet, we do very little FOR God. We recite scripture, but we don't follow it. We reference godly text, but we don't apply it. We sing all the "Jesus-tunes" but we don't use it to order our steps. In the words of the infamous Tribe Called Quest: Talking out they joints but they wasn't saying nothing!

It's time for some of us to push ourselves to a new level in God's love.  We spend so much time talking ABOUT God that we don't do enough FOR God. If we have faith in God, we have to make moves in God. Don't just talk about it, be about it. If we believe in Him to provide our needs, stop trying to control every situation and TRUST Him! If we trust Him to order our steps, then we have to WALK the path that He's set before us. If we are grateful for who and what he has placed in our lives, we should CHERISH them and RESPECT them by spending quality time with them, making them a priority, forgiving the hurt they may cause, loving them in spite of themselves, being quick to listen, slow to speak.  It's time to stop talking and start doing...time to back up all that barking with a little more bite. Be Blessed XOXO