This morning I read something I had never noticed before....
In, John 8:4-11 When the angry mob was about to stone the woman caught
in adultery, Jesus rose to His feet and said, “Let him who is without
sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” He spoke one
sentence, and then He knelt back down again and wrote on the ground. As
His words registered, “they went away one by one, "BEGINNING with the
OLDER ones”
The older ones dropped their rocks and walked away first.... I had never noticed that before.
I remember throwing the first stone. Maybe not the first stone, but I
joined the mob and cast my stone of gossip, my self-righteous opinion,
and my judgment. But life teaches us to drop the rock. When we’re young,
we are more arrogant and quicker to pick up the rock. Too many times,
being right becomes about winning.
Over time, I have learned
some hard life lessons. After making so many of my own mistakes, I am
less inclined to drive home others’ failures. It’s easy to judge. We all
have opinions. But we all know what it feels like to fail. I no longer
pick up rocks and I stay away from mobs.
Even if I'm right, if I am wrong in the way that I am right, then I'm wrong.
#lifelessons #nolongerachild #droptherock
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