It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.

St. Francis of Assisi

Although the attributed quote to St. Francis is, “Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary, use words,” the above quote is more verbatim. Whatever the nuance or meaning, we have a message here.

There is a growing irritation of people posturing themselves, going out of their way even, to speak about their “Christian” stance. It’s a flag they fly as high and loud as possible to make sure others know.

This causes me to shake my head because the harder you try to convince people of who you are, the less likely you are that thing. Given that most of our communication is non-verbal, our actions speak so loud that it’s sometimes hard to hear the words coming out of our mouths.

In other words, all they’re trying to do is convince themselves of something they’re not.

I’m almost certain if Jesus did come back today, these same people would be the first to attack and ostracize him, not recognizing they hijacked an ideology he spoke out against.

Or maybe the answer is simple:

They don’t want to admit to the type of people they really are.

Because admitting that is incredibly difficult.