Jesus Said - Day 2

Matthew 7:1-5

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measure to you again.

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in they brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?  

Or how wilt thous say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

This teaching is hard for many people, myself included.  It's hard to not expect that people around us will behave in a certain way.  We put our expectations of acceptable behavior, choices and actions on others and hope that they will meet our expectations.  This hardly ever works out well!  Sometimes it is hardest to cut some slack to those we love the most!  As we deal with others, especially those we call family and friends, it is good to remember this teaching of the Savior of first, removing judgement from our our thoughts, actions and words and instead focusing on positive words of love and encouragement.  Everyone is fighting a battle, and most often, it is a private battle or something that we cannot see or don't know anything about.  Love, don't judge.  First cast out the beam in our own eyes.  

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, celebrating with three of our four children and some of their family members.  It was a lovely day, full of fun, games, good food, good conservation and lots of love. 

Christmas Jammies to enjoy all month long!