Blurry vision leads to extra problems. Take the log out of your eye so you can see clearer.
Study and memorize Matthew 7:5 with us this week.
I thought I’d be the exception. I wouldn’t need glasses. My vision would stay 20/20 despite my age. I would will it to happen.
But, no surprise, you can’t just will yourself to see clearly.
I had my yearly eye exam last Thursday. It’s the only doctor I look forward to visiting because so much depends on it. If I went to keep reading books, keep seeing my granddaughters’ faces up close, keep threading a needle, I need my vision.
Jesus was giving more than optometry advice when He spoke to His listeners on the mountainside. Listen to our memory verse for this week:
You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Matthew 7:5
If we want to see clearly, we first have to realize when there’s a problem. And be willing to correct it.
Otherwise, we just create more problems. For ourselves and for others.
I don’t know what your logs are. I have plenty of my own to wrestle with.
But whatever each of our weaknesses are, we need to take care of them before we can adequately help other people.
If we don’t? We’re hypocrites. Just pretenders. Acting as if we’re capable, when we’re not.
My eye doctor said my vision had not worsened since my last visit. That was good news. But I still need glasses to see up close. Maybe I’ll use them to take out a log or two along the way….
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