Don't we often think we know best for others and yet our own problems need no advice? Since I've never had weight issues, I have to remind myself that my lack of desire to exercise is just as bad as overeating. We think we could change the world, if people would just think like we do, huh? That is a pretty arrogant attitude, if you think about it. Sometimes we concentrate on others faults without seeing our own right before us. Psalm 19:12 ''But who can discern their own
errors? Forgive my hidden faults.'' I've heard that what bothers us most in others is often a weakness in our own lives.
We cannot change others but only lead by example. Working on the improvement of yourself is the only construction zone that needs a changing by you. We can plant seeds in others but the Holy Spirit controls the growth of it.
I think this is a subject that should cause a humbling effect in all of us and remind us that we don't know it all. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. We are all vulnerable and weak with faults.
For we all stumble in many ways... James 3. And yes, the things I am guilty of seem to bother me most in others... Sooooo my solution is to not go off on someone else just in case I'm revealing my own weaknesses.. ha!
ReplyDeleteWhy is it so much easier to accept those who are "just like us"? Why is it so hard to step out of our comfort zones to make friends with those who are quite different from us? Why it is to easy to find fault with others, but so difficult to see those same faults in ourselves? Jesus died for all of us and commands us to love one another....not just those who we think are "lovable". Thank you, sweet friend, for this great reminder. Oh, to be more like Him.....love you, Twylia
ReplyDeleteI liked what you said about change yourself to be an example for others to change. Do you remember the poem that said, "Oh!, would the gifter gives us to see ourselves as others see us" I might add, even more importantly to see ourselves as GOD sees us. Randy Dandy
ReplyDeleteI have concluded that I can only change my mind and as I get older I don't do that very often, according to me. Dad
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