The Stones We Throw
I fight it constantly. The innate ability to see fault in others. I would say that we are all pretty skilled at this. What makes it worse is this ability is often accompanied by another unremarkable skill to choose and ignore our own faults and failures. While we are all keenly aware of our faults it feeds our pride when we can clearly see the failures of others. One of the most amazing stories of the Bible that puts on display the immense grace of the Lord is that of the woman who was taken "in the very act" of adultery. The scribes and Pharisees brought this lady who could not have been more guilty. Instead of passing condemnation upon this woman, the Lord challenges the intentions of the supposed religious men. He says in John 8 and verse 7, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." Let's consider the failures of these men and the process by which our Lord handled this situation so that we might be more like Him and less like ...