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Matthew 7:3

Posted on Thu, Jan 28, 2010

"Why do you look at the speck of saw dust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"

(GROAN!!!) Yep that's what I did when I saw this was going to be the scripture for this week's blog. Mostly because I have to deal with this in my life. But, I have finially figured out what is causing this to be a problem for me. I am a people watcher. I love to find a place with people, sit back and watch. Do you know if you just sit somewhere quitely you will see and hear all kinds of things. Now watching people is not a totally bad thing. People in medical professions must observe patients to help formulate treatment plans. Actors watch people to learn how to create chacters. And if we did not watch people some of us would never have met our spouse. But it seems to me that it is the passive sitting and watching that leads to the problem that this verse is pointing out. The watching that has no goal other than to find fault with someone else so as to judge them. OK then, the question is how to get out of this rut? Prayer? Reading the Word? Both good answers. Still there seems to be something missing. How about BEING ACTIVE. I have found in my walk that when I get truly busy in ministry that I do not have time to sit and watch others. Now I am not talking about being so busy that you are totally oblivious to the world around you. To be so Heavenly minded as to be no earthly good as the old saying goes. No, even as busy as Jesus was doing His Fathers business here on earth He knew when people needed to be ministered to. You need to be busy doing what God would have you do, to be so in tuned to His heart that you are not sitting still long enough to see the faults in others. I have also found that as I stay busy with God's work that I can see the plank in my own eye and deal with it. That is the kind of busy I want to be.
In His Majesty's Service.
~Kingschyld~

Discussion: Matthew 7:3

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Sherrie on Feb 12 2010 @ 8:38am
UGH!

I just read this scripture yesterday and contemplated how I could "people watch" without passing judgement or even worse for women we tend to measure ourselves with the other women we see.

Sherrie

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