PREFACE
If you’ve been misunderstood and judged by others, remember they haven’t walked in your shoes. If you’ve misunderstood and judged others, remember you haven’t walked in their shoes.
I’ve always taught my children, “If you encounter a mean-spirited, rude person, always remember there must be something going on in their lives that you don’t know about. People aren’t mean for no reason.”
Thank the Lord Jesus that we have Him to handle people and things for us. His solution is always perfect, and it’s His responsibility to expose people’s sins. Ours is to love and speak faith-filled words of encouragement.
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STOP THEM (OR ME?)
Maybe this isn’t news to you, but we aren’t perfect. We sin, and so do those around us. It’s something we certainly hate to see in others, and more often than not we recognize it in them before we recognize it in ourselves. It’s that old “speck in your eye and log in mine” thing in Matthew 7:3. Still, there are certainly times when we do witness our family, friends, and even acquaintances and business associates and allies make terrible life choices that we know they will suffer for. In our human nature, we want to do something about it, hopefully out of compassion and not out of revenge.
If you’ve been misunderstood and judged by others, remember they haven’t walked in your shoes. If you’ve misunderstood and judged others, remember you haven’t walked in their shoes.
I’ve always taught my children, “If you encounter a mean-spirited, rude person, always remember there must be something going on in their lives that you don’t know about. People aren’t mean for no reason.”
Thank the Lord Jesus that we have Him to handle people and things for us. His solution is always perfect, and it’s His responsibility to expose people’s sins. Ours is to love and speak faith-filled words of encouragement.
1
STOP THEM (OR ME?)
Maybe this isn’t news to you, but we aren’t perfect. We sin, and so do those around us. It’s something we certainly hate to see in others, and more often than not we recognize it in them before we recognize it in ourselves. It’s that old “speck in your eye and log in mine” thing in Matthew 7:3. Still, there are certainly times when we do witness our family, friends, and even acquaintances and business associates and allies make terrible life choices that we know they will suffer for. In our human nature, we want to do something about it, hopefully out of compassion and not out of revenge.
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