O Learned Scholars

Thomas à Kempis in his Imitation of Christ wrote:

"If men used as much care in uprooting vices and implanting virtues as they do in discussing problems, there would not be so much evil and scandal in the world, or such laxity in religious organizations. On the day of judgment, surely, we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done; not how well we have spoken but how well we have lived." (Book 1, Chapter 3)

How much of that is true for us? For me? I long to hear from my Lord one day, "Well done, my good and faithful servant."
Will I hear it?

CS Lewis noted, 'sometimes (though not often) it makes one glad not to be a great theologian - one might so easily mistake it for being a great Christian.'

I see a lot of blogs, and I read a lot of books. I write this blog and write my own books. Do I keep God's counsel as close as my keyboard? I have the Word on my heart and try to memorize it. Do I spend as much time doing it as I do reading it? Sometimes I don't even read it much.

My grandmother used to say to me that my friends counted, not so much because of who they were, but because of who I was. If they were of a certain character, then I was very likely to become one of that character.
You are who you spend time with, in other words. My father drove that into me. As usual, no ever understood their father until they grew up. But my father never asked me to understand him half so much as to obey him. Our Heavenly Father is the same, I think.
If I become like the One I spend time with, I figure my first step is to spend more time in prayer. Then, more trust more in Him with Whom I speak. And if I trust Him, then why don't I do what He says to the very letter? What good is trusting a man if I don't take his advice?

This makes me want to talk less and act more - which is hard for me, so I better go get started.