JUST TALK

Many years ago I had one of those old Dodge Power

Wagons.  The thing was a good old solid truck.  It 

was like nothing could stop it.  But, it sure could 

drink the gas.  So, I bought a newer small pickup.  

It has served me very well also.

Being the old thing it was, I just gave the old Dodge 

to a man who lived back on one of the dirt roads 

in our area.

He was happy and proud of it.  And I was glad

someone could use it.  In fact, for a while he 

used it to drive back to the fishing holes and

ponds in the area for fishing.  Then he parked

it.  That was O.K.  It was his.

For years he kept telling me what he was going

to do with it.  BUT, it just sat there.

I think it was last year he came to my house 

to tell me what as great "hot rod" he was going

to make out of it.  "O.K.  Fine, it's yours."

Believe it or not, he got it running again

driving it up and down the road for about

a week.  Also someone took a spray can

and painted some of it with primer.  I guess

that was what made it a "hot rod".

But, I see it has gone back to just setting.

Talk.  It is (was) all just talk.

So much like many people today.  They

talk about all the great things they are 

going to do.  But years pass, and nothing

happens.  It's just talk.

That is the way it is in the "Spiritual"

world too.  Some start off with a "bang".

Then - that's it.

Jesus tells us about some that way.  They

hear the word of God:

"And these in like manner are the ones

sown upon rocky ground, who when

they hear the word, immediately receive

it with joy; and they have no root in

themselves, but endure for a while; then,

persecution arises on account of the 

word, immediately they fall away."

(Mark 4:16 RSV)

Makes me wonder.  Is my religious or

spiritual talk, just talk.  Is there any 

depth to my confession?