Good Morning Friends,
"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."” (Luke 6:41-42)
We are often quick to see the problems in the lives of others and slower to see the issues in our own lives.
Jesus offers an instruction about how to avoid that. When you see a problem in someone else’s life … take a good look in the mirror first. That look in the mirror may accomplish several things:
It may help you choose not to mention the other person’s problem at all, overlooking their problem because of the number of problems you have.
It may help you see a problem in your own life that needs to be dealt with before you start criticizing anyone else.
You may still decide the other person’s problem needs to be addressed, but the look in the mirror may soften your approach to the other person.
The truth is, all of us have problems. So we need to treat each other with grace and kindness, not with harshness and criticism. The goal is to treat the other person in loving ways. There are times when love does involve the confrontation of their problems, but love dictates a different approach than what often comes naturally.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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