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Content from Thought for Today
I have to admit an extreme weakness that I have. I had one of those moments this morning early. On TV they were interviewing the mother of the little seven year old girl that was kidnapped and murdered. Listening for only a moment these words came out of my mouth, “They should catch him and cut him up slowly.” I for one would have absolutely no reservation of throwing the electrical switch to fry this guy in the electric chair!
The reason I am making this point is for my mistake. I was judging the sin and the sinner together. In my little mind I equated the sin of taking the life of this little child with that of the one who took her life. As logical as it may be that I should despise this man, who am I to judge? As much as I would want to kill him myself, am I a worthy man to carry out a righteous judgment? The answer is simple. I am just as unworthy as any killer.
It is so easy to judge others but I quickly find out that my hands were not made to hold nor cast the stones of my misjudgments. I am a sinner no better or no worse than the worst sinners in the world. I pray that God will forgive my injustices as He will forgive the injustices of others. On that day there will no longer be any opportunities for me to gather stones of hatred and misjudgment to cast at others. It is then that I will see God has no such stones in His loving hands.
Tim
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