Is That a Log in My Eye?
I was watching a man remove his oxygen so he could go outside and smoke a cigarette. It was a sad thing to see, knowing that there was nothing I could say to change his mind and if I tried it would only create strife.
It reminded me of a time I was sitting in my car, waiting for the wife to return from the store, when I noticed a man having a serious coughing and struggling to get inside his car! Once he was positioned behind the wheel of his car, he continued the coughing fit to the point that his face was a deep, dark red. I was worried that I was about to watch the man die!
This was before cell phones or I may have called 911 while watching him just about keel over dead. I was silently praying for the man and he quit coughing as bad. He then slowly regained composure but was obviously still having trouble breathing. Then I seen him place a mask over his mouth and nose and take a deep breath.
I sighed as I realized he was going to be alright. He was getting a normal color back in his face as my wife arrived with her purchased items from the store.
Tammy noticed my pale face and asked what was wrong. As I explained about the man and that I was afraid that he was going to keel over right then and there I pointed to him as we both watched him light up a cigarette!
I was in shock as we drove off, thinking about the scene that just unfolded before my very eyes! How could this man continue to inhale the very poison that has him put him on oxygen 24/7?
Proverbs 26:11 KJV As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
So many of us see someone else returning to their folly and think the same things I mentioned above, right? How could they, right?
But we can’t see the log in our own eye! Ouch! It is the truth though, it is our nature to point out the “folly” that others return to but at the same time not see the “folly” in our own lives. Amen?
Matthew 7:5 KJV 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.
Praise God that only 25% or less of our country now defiles their body with cancer sticks, but there is a higher percentage of us with “eating disorders.”
Sometimes that eating disorder is us just not knowing how to NOT SAY, “Super-size it.”
Nearly 40% of American adults aged 20 and over are obese. And over 71% of adults aged 20 and over are overweight, including obesity.
Now, if you are in the less than 29% (normal weight) and are still feeling pretty good about yourself, you need to still ask God what your log is.
Is it gossip, deceit, anger? Maybe it is unforgiveness.
Okay, you get the picture, amen? This morning pray Psalms 139:23
Psalms 139:23 KJV Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
If you sincerely pray that prayer, the Lord will help you remove that log this morning.
Have a blessed day
Comments
Amen brother good word and something to think about. We need to continue to look at our self and let God lead us to walk with Him
Amen indeed Randal haferkamp
Amen Monty. So often we look at what is "wrong" with everyone else without ever looking at what is "wrong" with ourselves. I pray we turn to the Lord and let Him handle and change others.
Amen Tammy Van Horn