Stop judging, that you may not be judged (Mt 7:1)
remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye (Mt 7:5)
Stop talking. Stop comparing ones Self with another. Jesus calls us to meditate on our own sins: unworthy and hindering habits, deeds, thoughts and words.
Slow down and seek shelter in God's grace, accepting His forgiveness to breath deeply and try on something new in our lives: radical, outrageous, humble and loving, namely, shaking off the dust accumulated on other well trodden byways and taking up the Way taught to us by the Christ.
Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few (Mt7:13-14)
How can we learn something new when our cup is already full? How can we be open to new ideas when we slam doors and keep so many others locked? I love the in-flight emergency demonstration that tells us first to use the oxygen mask before we try to help another. Blinded by so many things, how can we hope to see clearly when we feel the need to 'help' another: so too, to when we lash out to hurt or criticise another.
Do to others whatever you would have them do to you (Mt 7:12)
Wise words, indeed, but hard to practise. Let us all make time to be silent, take a good look at ourselves and try to remove our own splinters for the good of ourselves, our church and all mankind.
Deo gratias.
remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye (Mt 7:5)
Stop talking. Stop comparing ones Self with another. Jesus calls us to meditate on our own sins: unworthy and hindering habits, deeds, thoughts and words.
Slow down and seek shelter in God's grace, accepting His forgiveness to breath deeply and try on something new in our lives: radical, outrageous, humble and loving, namely, shaking off the dust accumulated on other well trodden byways and taking up the Way taught to us by the Christ.
Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few (Mt7:13-14)
How can we learn something new when our cup is already full? How can we be open to new ideas when we slam doors and keep so many others locked? I love the in-flight emergency demonstration that tells us first to use the oxygen mask before we try to help another. Blinded by so many things, how can we hope to see clearly when we feel the need to 'help' another: so too, to when we lash out to hurt or criticise another.
Do to others whatever you would have them do to you (Mt 7:12)
Wise words, indeed, but hard to practise. Let us all make time to be silent, take a good look at ourselves and try to remove our own splinters for the good of ourselves, our church and all mankind.
Deo gratias.
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