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A woman was having difficulty getting her car started after it stalled in traffic. The gentleman(?) in the car behind her insisted on expressing his impatience by blowing his horn every few seconds. Finally, worn out by his thoughtlessness, she walked back to his car and said, ”I’m having some difficulty getting my car started. If you’ll go and see if you can start it, I’ll honk your horn for you!”
Some do more honking than helping in the church! There are more talkers than workers, and more criticizers than laborers. Those who do the most honking generally do the least working. They may never have preached a sermon, taught a class, led a song, or served as an elder or deacon: but they do know how it should be done. Such chronic objectors make suggestions on projects being discussed in business meetings. They say, “You go ahead and make the plans, and I’ll tell you what’s wrong with them!” It is much easier to criticize than to do the work.
Of course, anyone who drives much is going to be honked at now than then. Don’t lose your temper. Maybe you need waking up. And, before you honk the horn, make sure you’ve tried to help get the engine started.
“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works” (Heb. 10:24).
via Laings church of Christ
Laings, OH