During the course of the conversation, the Spirit convicted me and I mentally asked forgiveness and let some things go. When I hung up the phone a picture of a window came to mind. Its easy to be the one looking in the window and watching what others are doing. We are on the outside--looking in, with a pane of glass in between us--muting out important details. The picture is different from the outside versus the inside of the room.
If we are inside looking out; we are in the middle of what is happening. Emotions, sounds, and life are all around us and as we gaze outside--things look different. Peaceful because the noise of the outside is muted by the pane of glass.
I don't know a person's heart--I can assume what someone is going through--but I'll never truly know, only Christ knows the heart--He is our creator. Giving advice is one thing, but mentally condemning a person's actions or non-actions is wrong. Where go I but for the Grace of God?
Life is a process and I'm thankful that God opens up my eyes to my imperfections--painful as it may be at times.
1 comment:
I had an incident recently that reminded me once again that only God can look into the heart, and see a persons motives.
We can know what they say and do, but can't see their true heart.
I liked the analogy of the window... and I appreciate God as our Teacher. He really knows just the right way to put it, so we "get" it.
Loretta
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