I was reading on a blog on the website Neue, about how we should not point people to Jesus, but that instead of telling, we need to show first. I got me thinking about the writing class I have been taking this semester. "Show don't Tell" was something my teach said over and over. If you think about the best authors are those that show us what to imagine, not tell us how to imagine. Yet, it is far easier to just tell. Showing requires descriptive, thoughtful word choice, something many of us don't give any time to. It is much easier to be lazy with our word choice, and just tell. 

 
Then as I started to think about this in terms of the Gospel I started to see how often we tell people, but spend very little time showing. Why? It is easier and less messy to tell, showing takes relationship, thought, and time. Jesus showed. He showed people with his words and actions what the kingdom is. He showed people by engaging in relationship and eating meals. Everything he did was about showing people, not telling. 

Yet, he did tell. He told a lot of stories and metaphors. But  the main difference is that his showing out did his telling.

At the core of this feel I feel a bit cliché, we have all heard "actions speak louder than words". But how do we take this truth of showing, I mean we know the power of it if we have read a good novel recently, or look at Jesus' teaching and life a little closer. So, this is where I am stuck, how do I show, but in an authentic life changing way, not because I want to be a good christian (cause we all know that lie).     

Show don't tell.
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