We all point the finger sometimes. As humans we tend to look
at the bad in people and never turn to see our own faults. When we throw so
many accusations at others, we start to look and feel like Jesus himself? Am I
right? But, the truth is, when you really dig to find your own list of accusations,
you are no better than your latest and most popular suspect.
"The scribes
and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing
her in the midst they said to him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in
the act of adultery. Now in the Law
Moses it commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"
They said this to test him, so that they might
have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger
on the ground. Perhaps, he was writing a list of each of the Pharisees own sins.
When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them,
"Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at
her."
And once again he
bent down and wrote on the ground. When they read it, they went away, one by
one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman
standing before him. Jesus straightened up and said to her, "Woman, where
are they? Has no one condemned you?" She said, "No one, sir."
And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you.
I knew a mother whose
accusations, were coming from her own children. Her children wanted to
scrutinize, destroy, and condemn her for it. They had such a long list of accusations
and they blamed her and her alone for the family split. But, any fool could
see, that before they found the perfect person to blame… those kids were their
own problems. Between the siblings, there was a list of accusations so long,
things that they had said about each other, that it out ran that of their
mothers list.
Before the split, it was the children who fought amongst each
other and accused one another of things as crazy as making another have a miscarriage,
stilling a baby name, or simply being a favorite. It was those same children
who fought over things such as someone not bringing enough food to a Sunday brunch. It was
the child who accused his mom of holding a grandchild more than his own child.
If you’re anything
like me, you’re probably saying to yourself, “How petty!!” The children had
destroyed themselves long before they found someone to blame it on. People are
so busy looking at the splinter in someone else’s eye, that they forget to take
the log out of their own eye. What ever happen to honoring your mother and your
father that your days might be long on this earth? Well, that went out the door
with the holy than holier accusation.
To sum it all up, to
single out someone, scrutinize them for being human is wrong. There will come a
day when someone will point out your faults. Unless, you’re Jesus Christ, I got
news for you… YOU HAVE FAULTS!
And God says,” Let
anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at
her." I’m guessing, that no one
here on this earth, will be throwing any stones today.
Jasmine Blue
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