Anyways, who amongst us have never ever sinned in our entire lives?
I don't think those who can read this blog can say they are perfect.
Well, nobody is.
We have failed many times. Though we endure and overcome, still it's a failure attached to us.
How to deal with those failures? Ours and other people's?
Here's some:
1. Don't attach labels to other people's failures.
Often times we tend to judge immediately by attaching words to a person's name. We can see it in the news and television program when there are times that being "ugly" is a failure. In John 8, it talks about a woman whom they wanted to be stoned because of her being an adulterer. So the scribes and pharisees together with some other people labeled the woman as an "adulterer". Who among us wanted to be called this way? None i guess. Even the one who committed it ofcourse doesn't want to be labeled as such.
Being born again, the Lord call us a new creature and evenso, He keeps on changing us everyday.
Can't we not give others a chance to be changed too? We must not close the possibilities that the Lord can change this people. We must not judge. We ought not to.
2. Always remember there are two sides to every story.
Even if at first thought we knew that the other person is guilty, we have to hear the other side of the story. Our God is a fair God. He is just. He is all-knowing. He can read our hearts. We are not God and for this we cannot know what is in the other person's heart so we must not judge.
We need to listen. People need to be heard. Who knows if this is God's way to turn them to Him.
We are a failure before we are born again. We have been weak physically, emotionally, and spiritually. We have been in the flesh and so we have to thank the Lord for His dealings with us. And He is not finish with us yet. Until now, He patiently deal with our bad attitudes and character.
3. Don't embarrass
How would you feel if you are that woman who have been caught and judge and humiliated in front of so many people?
How many times have we not consider other people's feelings?
Is it too hard to protect someone's else dignity because we are too busy protecting our own?
As i've said, we are NOT PERFECT. We always need room for growth and improvement.
We should not be harsh on them instead we should help them get up and continue with life as a new creation. Show love and respect. Stop embarrassing anyone.
4. Confront with care
Do not condemn. Rebuke with love. Help sincerely.
We need to be a vessel of God's grace and mercy and not being harsh to others. Remember that, we too, have mistakes and failures and the Lord is showing us grace and loving-kindness.
Let us not love and then judge but rather love and love more. People need to be understood as to understand.
Deal with other people's failures as how how God deals with our failures.
Felt by me,
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