This past week I found out that one of my friends is pregnant. When I say that my heart dropped, it literally dropped and my chest felt tight. She’s young and has so much life ahead of her. I felt such an intense feeling of sadness. The next feeling I felt was anger. How could she let this happen to her? But later, God reminded me that, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” (Romans3:23) No man is perfect, no not one (Romans 3:10). I don’t know why some Christians think they have been given the right to judge others. This is one of the reasons many unbelievers stay away from us. We have all sinned and we all should be punished if not for Jesus. So, I haven’t gotten pregnant, but how many other mistakes have I made? Too many to count. It’s only that my friend’s consequences is more visible than any that I have had. I am NO better than her and I have absolutely no right to act like I am. If anything, I should be lifting her up in prayer and love her the very same way I did before.
Before you point out the dust in your brother’s eye, examine yourself and you’ll see the crater inyour own eye.
And if you’re on the other side of this situation, know that God loves you tremendously (Jeremiah 31:3) and He doesn’t care what you’ve done. Just ask forgiveness and don’t dwell on the current situation. Know that God can make any mess into a message.
Selah [pause and think]
