Matthew 7:1-5. “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
Writers will tell you that although it is sometimes difficult to find mistakes in one’s own writing, it is much easier to detect them in someone else’s.
Spelling, punctuation, grammar, plot, characterization, just to name a few.
Admittedly, writers often pick up on other writer’s mistakes, making it difficult for them to enjoy reading for pleasure.
Is it like that for you in your relationships?
Do you find it’s easier to focus on the mistakes or idiosyncrasies of family and friends than it is to find your own faults?
And do you find it hard not to point them out and give advice on how to change?
God knows all about that. And He even tells us what to do.
He warns us against hypocrisy. He wants us to work on our own faults first. Focus on ourselves.
He reminds us that only those who are “fault free” are we able to see clearly and help others.
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