The trick is to get to the heart of a matter or of a person. We are good at deceiving ourselves and others. Oh how we believe we have done right and that rascal, that other person, has done wrong.
We wear blinkers, we only see what we want to see, what doesn't trouble us too much.
Yesterday I had a discussion with an old lady about a woman who sat in the front row in church and breast fed her child without covering up. The lady was offended. I was asked was it right or wrong.
I could see where this was going and said, " each of us have prejudices and ways we believe people should behave. I explained that as we settle for our own opinions because we are offended we separate ourselves from the person we are judging."
I know when I am offended I criticise. Full stop' I create the problem through lack of grace.
By lacking grace I create an atmosphere of offense and the potential for a fight looms. This lady is critical, most of the time, in fact she has too much time to sit and judge.
Now, inside this woman's heart is a spirit of offense, which is rapidly collecting anger, criticism, hypocrisy. A nasty sespool is collecting. Yuk! It is not good to collect this filt it makes us sick and this lady is now unwell. Let this be a lesson to me. Amen!
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