Thoughts and Action
Thoughts create actions, and actions have almost unlimited effects. (Jesse Deloe, writer)
And, to paraphrase writer John Stonestreet, “bad actions have victims.” We can easily identify wrong when we evaluate the consequences of our actions. What is not so easily detected is the evil in one’s mind. But that’s where it all begins. Jesus taught that it is not only the wrong action that is sin but the thought or desire to do wrong
But the words you speak come from the heart—that’s what defiles you. (Matthew 15:18)