First Look In The Mirror

I do a lot of my own writing, but I get a boatload of Newsletters and Shorts from many different sources. As we enter the New Year getting back to work, play, and social, I am working to ensure I am living up to my standards and those I know Jesus expects of me. This morning's post from the NapHill.org organization resonated with me about how I see others and how I need to look at my reflection beforehand.

Remember that the faults of humankind are pretty evenly distributed among all of us. NapHill.org

Why do we easily overlook our own faults but quickly spot them in others?

It is easy to be objective when it comes to criticizing our friends, family members, and business associates, even people we see on the street in passing. It is far more difficult to be honest about our own shortcomings.

Only when we recognize that we are all human, with the same faults and failings as everyone else, do we begin to develop that wonderful quality of tolerance that enables us to accept others as they are and ask nothing in return.

Replacing faultfinding with “good finding” is never easy. Still, when we accept the grace of God, extend it to others, and become the one who always compliments instead of criticizes, we become the kind of person we would all like to be.

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Have a great week, Gordon

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