The Plumbline

The evidence of God's goodness - is it evident all over your life? Perhaps you will answer that one, "Nope, but I sure can see it in the life of..." Why is it we don't see the evidence of what God is doing in us as much as we see what he is doing all around us in the lives of others? It may be because we have a little bit of a problem with "envy", even if we don't actually realize it. We all have moments when we just "envy" the other guy a little bit, don't we? As hard as we try to resist the green-eyed beast we call "jealousy", it rears its ugly head and we are seeing things through eyes of envy, self-pity, and self-defeat. It is an age-old problem, indeed. Did you ever stop to consider just how blessed you are, even if you don't possess all the luxuries the other guy seems to possess at this very moment? When I was beleaguered and bitter, totally consumed by envy, I was totally ignorant, a dumb ox in your very presence. ...

Gonna meddle a bit this morning, but who doesn't meddle once in a while? How many times do we see someone struggling and then turn the other way, ignoring the struggle because it would get 'too messy' if we got in the middle of their muddle? How about the times we see someone about to jump off some cliff in life that you know will just leave them all messed up and we just shake our heads as we watch them take the leap? If we are to be honest here, we have all likely been in the position of seeing someone about to 'fall into sin' and then found it has become fodder for 'gossip' and 'poking fun' at that individual. Why do we point out the sin of others instead of stepping in to help them be restored? It could be us there one day, my friends. How would you like someone to respond if the tables were turned? Just a little food for thought here, but I think we all might like to have someone come to our aid rather than poke fun at our failure or find fault ...