January 11: No One Is Remembered For What They Just Planned To Do.

Affirmation: Be grateful for love and kindness.

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. Psalm 143:8

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Ponder, Personalize, Practice: We have focused on this verse all week. I hope you recite it each morning as you start your day. And ponder it when you enjoy the light that surrounds you.

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. Psalm 143:8

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Walk in Grace. Live in Love. By Bob Goff

                         Jan 11

No One Is Remembered For What They Just Planned To Do.

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22
Have you ever settled into bed at the end of a long day? Only to realize you forgot a family member’s birthday? We have all experienced making the call of shame the next day, the apologies, and reassurance that we meant to call and that something special is on the way. 
We’ve all been told, “it’s the thought that counts!” But there’s a difference between hearing someone meant to send flowers and the excitement of hearing the knock on the front door. There’s a difference between a kind text message and a friend who is actually beside us when we get the phone call from the doctor with bad news.

It’s so much easier to love people with our intentions than to love them in real life. It is exciting to scheme ways to make the world a little more beautiful. We can Google the details of our plan and tell our friends what we dreamed up. We can blog about it to raise awareness or have a Kickstarter campaign to raise money. Often, though, this is just brain candy. While it makes us feel good, it doesn’t do much to move the needle in peoples lives. No one is remembered for what they just planned to do.
Just like characters and films are remembered by what they do and not about what they merely think about, we are known for our actions. The power of love is in the sacrifice and commitment it requires. Sacrifice and commitment always travel with love and action. Love looks like showing up with hands to help even when we don’t know what to do. Love looks like stopping by even if we don’t know what to say. Simply put, love doesn’t just think about it; love does it.

Who have you been “planning“ to demonstrate love to? What can you do today to follow through on that plan.