Sins

Don’t you just hate it when a speck of dust gets into one of your eyes and causes immense discomfort? It’s especially so when you can feel that speck there but just can’t seem to get it out! You keep rubbing your eye till the eyeball becomes all red and, voila!, you now have one puffy eye that doesn’t see very well.

Karen had one of those episodes earlier today and we had to run out and get her a new bottle of Optrex eyewash as the last bottle at home had emptied. While she was washing her eye, this teaching of our Lord came to mind:

Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

Luke 6:41-42

A speck is already uncomfortable and irritating as it is, talk about a log!

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Have you ever faced or imagined this scenario where you stand before a judge in court, and they read out all the charges to you and you stand in trepidation wondering what sort of punishment will be meted out against you?

I have.

Now I have never been to court to answer a charge prior to a few months’ back, but I was served summons to appear in court for non-payment of some fees I owe to the Town Council during the time when I was desperately unemployed for more than 6 months.

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