Matthew 7:3-5 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye, and behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
Hn,hn! Everyday the Most High springs some sort of surprise on me yes. About ten days ago, I encountered a situation that strongly called for Today’s Bit, but I just could not find it in the Good Book, so I shelved the idea. Today it resurfaced. But this time I found the relevant passage within seconds. Obviously The Lord thought it’s time had come. And not a moment too soon my Friends, because we’ve become a society of harsh judges and hypocrites. We readily see everybody else’s errors and faults but not our own, and constantly criticize others for even small faults while conveniently overlooking our rather large ones. As Jesus asked, how can you see the little mote in another’s eye, and not the large beam in yours? Or how can you offer to take out the mote with a large plank blocking your sight? The mote is so small that without clear vision you can’t take it out, and with a large object in your eyes, your vision must be blurred and consequently unreliable. But harsh, negative criticism is commonplace today. We know what everyone else should be doing, but can’t guide ourselves aright. Lots of times we’re also guilty of the same things we criticize others for. That’s the hypocrisy Jesus was referring to. We can’t pass judgement on others when we don’t know what’s really happening in their lives, and even worse, when we have glaring deficiencies in our own lives that seriously need fixing. And if someone happens to point out our deficiencies; Huh! We get so irate and defensive. How dare they take such liberties? Then we storm off, feeling righteously aggrieved. We’d never tolerate that behaviour from someone we’re criticising though. It would just lead to even more righteous criticism from us. But Friends it comes right back to Jesus saying, judge not, and ye shall not be judged. We’re not here to demean or belittle anyone. We’re here to help, to assist. Negative criticism, or just too much criticism period, doesn’t lead to growth, it stunts it. We must learn that if we perceive a problem in another person, and must criticize, then let it be constructive, with empathy, and not harsh judgement. Remember, all of us, and I repeat, all of us, have some disgusting, disturbing circumstances hidden in our own lives, which, if brought to light would prove us to be the big time hypocrites we pretend not to be Oh Friends, let us cut out the constant finger pointing and negative criticizing nuh. Only angry rivalries, strife and unhappiness spring from that. It’s time to put the lid on criticism. If you can’t say something good, then don’t say anything. Much LOVE! ….remember…a little positive reinforcement…. goes a long way….
Hn,hn! Everyday the Most High springs some sort of surprise on me yes. About ten days ago, I encountered a situation that strongly called for Today’s Bit, but I just could not find it in the Good Book, so I shelved the idea. Today it resurfaced. But this time I found the relevant passage within seconds. Obviously The Lord thought it’s time had come. And not a moment too soon my Friends, because we’ve become a society of harsh judges and hypocrites. We readily see everybody else’s errors and faults but not our own, and constantly criticize others for even small faults while conveniently overlooking our rather large ones. As Jesus asked, how can you see the little mote in another’s eye, and not the large beam in yours? Or how can you offer to take out the mote with a large plank blocking your sight? The mote is so small that without clear vision you can’t take it out, and with a large object in your eyes, your vision must be blurred and consequently unreliable. But harsh, negative criticism is commonplace today. We know what everyone else should be doing, but can’t guide ourselves aright. Lots of times we’re also guilty of the same things we criticize others for. That’s the hypocrisy Jesus was referring to. We can’t pass judgement on others when we don’t know what’s really happening in their lives, and even worse, when we have glaring deficiencies in our own lives that seriously need fixing. And if someone happens to point out our deficiencies; Huh! We get so irate and defensive. How dare they take such liberties? Then we storm off, feeling righteously aggrieved. We’d never tolerate that behaviour from someone we’re criticising though. It would just lead to even more righteous criticism from us. But Friends it comes right back to Jesus saying, judge not, and ye shall not be judged. We’re not here to demean or belittle anyone. We’re here to help, to assist. Negative criticism, or just too much criticism period, doesn’t lead to growth, it stunts it. We must learn that if we perceive a problem in another person, and must criticize, then let it be constructive, with empathy, and not harsh judgement. Remember, all of us, and I repeat, all of us, have some disgusting, disturbing circumstances hidden in our own lives, which, if brought to light would prove us to be the big time hypocrites we pretend not to be Oh Friends, let us cut out the constant finger pointing and negative criticizing nuh. Only angry rivalries, strife and unhappiness spring from that. It’s time to put the lid on criticism. If you can’t say something good, then don’t say anything. Much LOVE! ….remember…a little positive reinforcement…. goes a long way….
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