Psalm
143:2
And
enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living
be justified.
Claire
found fault with everyone. The mailman was always late, the grocery clerk was
always slow, the paperboy was always rude, the minister was always boring, her
friends were always too loud, too quiet, too fat, too skinny, too immoral, too
prudish. In Claire's eyes, no one was really worth much at all.
Forgiveness
was one word which was not found in Claire's vocabulary. She could not forgive
people for being human. Luckily, God does acknowledge our humanness, and He
loves us just the same. God has yet to see the perfect human being, apart from
Jesus Christ, but that doesn't change His feeling for us. When we see others
through the eyes of God's love, then we find that we can accept their failings
and love them as they are.
Prayer:
Help to find the lovable in all people, Lord. Destroy in me the tendency to be
judgmental. Instead, teach me new ways to affirm others and spread Your grace.
Amen.
