People are to be judged by their actions. We sometimes hear it said, “His conduct is bad but at heart he means well”; but this is nonsense. In the old-fashioned phrase, “handsome is as handsome does.”
The bad-tempered person cannot possibly have a “heart of gold” as is sometimes charitably said. A bad-tempered person has a mean, selfish heart and should get busy and change it without delay.
One who loves does not seek his own advantage. Love acts the part, and anything else is hypocrisy.
…be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you (Ephesians 4:32).
The outward expression (acts) of a person invariably mirrors the inward expression (character) of the person. Express means to “press out”. That which we press out is always a function of that which we impress (press in) to ourselves.
Therefore, let us press into ourselves the true character of God which is love. Then, everything we press out will have the nature and character of love…tenderhearted, forgiving and selfless.
Impressed with love,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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