Preaching and practicing
By Bala
@balasri (26537)
India
4 responses
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
12 Mar 08
Being a very shy person I would rather practise or better still inspire others with my practising freakness (LOL). I do not think I would ever come into lime light and preach something and sound like a disaster in the process.
Serious, Bala my work has always spoken for myself and I love it that way.
Thanks.
@Modestah (11177)
• United States
12 Mar 08
ah! it is so much easier to preach than it is to practice... it is one thing to know what to do, but an entirely different thing to do it. I often preach to myself, but I do not always listen. to my shame it is.
how does the saying go, the heart is strong but the flesh is weak?? or something like that.
@balasri (26537)
• India
12 Mar 08
That is a statement that Jesus made to His disciples, but it is spirit, not soul.
Mark 14:38 "Keep watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Well we always wish we could practice what we preach.Well it is the success rate that counts.Is it not so?lol
@psyche49f (2502)
• Philippines
12 Mar 08
I try to practice what I preach, otherwise I should never preach something I don't practice....tough! But it's really a struggle ...but more often, I am conscious of "walking my talk" that I should model what I espouse, or something like that. If I lecture about honesty, I should be honest myself. If I talk about being polite and courteous, then I should really live it, otherwise no one will believe me. "Look who's talking", I suppose they would say that. For me, I should minimize the talking. It's best to set a good example...that is more powerful, rather than pay lip service.
