Matthew 7:1-6 (The Message)
A Simple Guide for Behavior 1-5 "Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults— unless, of course, you want the same treatment. That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging. It's easy to see a smudge on your neighbor's face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, 'Let me wash your face for you,' when your own face is distorted by contempt? It's this whole traveling road-show mentality all over again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your part. Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face, and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to your neighbor.
6"Don't be flip with the sacred. Banter and silliness give no honor to God. Don't reduce holy mysteries to slogans. In trying to be relevant, you're only being cute and inviting sacrilege.
My husband and I were having a conversation about something that is near and dear to our hearts. I began to talk to him about how wrong he was in dealing with the situation and blindly ingnoring how I had been handling the situation. All I could do is point my fingers at what he was doing wrong and never considering my part. My husband brought to my attention that I had been ignoring my part and I just did not see that I had a part in it! After all it was him in the wrong, not me.
Well God is full of grace. He brought me to Matthew 7:1-6 this morning. Need I say more? I am still processing what I have done wrong and trying to make things right. I just wanted to say that God is faithful and I believe that since my heart is for Him she shows me my sin, I confess it, ask for forgiveness and it's over! What a wonderful God I serve!
