Comments on: Day 32, Thursday, Book of Faith – Lenten Journey http://www.zionlutheran-marinette.org/bible-study/day-32-thursday-book-of-faith-lenten-journey Growing Disciples in Community Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Karen http://www.zionlutheran-marinette.org/bible-study/day-32-thursday-book-of-faith-lenten-journey/comment-page-1#comment-509 Karen Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:03:26 +0000 http://www.zionlutheran-marinette.org/?p=793#comment-509 And here lies my biggest trail and tribulation - fault finding! Boy, I've got it bad. I watch the news and I'm judgmental. I hear words in a store, maybe to a small child or perhaps to a beloved husband, and I'm judgmental. I see baggy pants with who knows what on display and boy am I judgmental! I know its wrong - but I can't seem to help myself. And so I keep praying that maybe one day God will give me the strength to just stop being this way. To simply say a short prayer for that person who I think has fallen short - who needs help, or perhaps a bit of God's love in their life. And Pastor here's what reading your thoughts said to me today. How do I know that someone else who may have seen or heard me at my finest hour isn’t finding fault about something I just did or said? I know I make more than my share of mistakes and misstatements. Wouldn’t I want them to know that I’m trying hard to be a better person, but sometimes I just plain fail? You bet I would – and so I need to work on this fault of mine, this log in my own eye so to speak. It comes down to love and it appears I've a way to go to love all mankind. And here lies my biggest trail and tribulation – fault finding! Boy, I’ve got it bad. I watch the news and I’m judgmental. I hear words in a store, maybe to a small child or perhaps to a beloved husband, and I’m judgmental. I see baggy pants with who knows what on display and boy am I judgmental! I know its wrong – but I can’t seem to help myself.

And so I keep praying that maybe one day God will give me the strength to just stop being this way. To simply say a short prayer for that person who I think has fallen short – who needs help, or perhaps a bit of God’s love in their life.

And Pastor here’s what reading your thoughts said to me today. How do I know that someone else who may have seen or heard me at my finest hour isn’t finding fault about something I just did or said? I know I make more than my share of mistakes and misstatements. Wouldn’t I want them to know that I’m trying hard to be a better person, but sometimes I just plain fail? You bet I would – and so I need to work on this fault of mine, this log in my own eye so to speak.

It comes down to love and it appears I’ve a way to go to love all mankind.

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