Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Do it what you waiting for?

Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only. (James 1:22)

A man in New York City...died at...63 without ever having had a job. He spent his entire adult life in college. During those years he acquired so many academic degrees that they "looked like the alphabet" behind his name.... When he was a child, a wealthy relative [in a will] stated that he was to be given enough money to support him every year as long as he stayed in school.... It was to be discontinued when he had completed his education. [So the man] spent thousands of hours listening to professors and reading books but never "doing."...

This reminds me of what James said: "Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only."