Why It's Good We Are Not In Charge
and God Is
We always want answers- and we want them to make sense. Take that man born blind. Something had to have been very, very wrong somewhere in his history. Somebody had to have sinned- and sinned in a big way. Such a punishment to be passed on to a helpless child even before he was born. Parents like that should be punished themselves.

When you live in a black and white world like that where only evil can cause evil, when bad things only happen to bad people and good things will always happen just to good people, a man born blind is a true riddle, conundrum, or worse. But that's the way it is with us poor, near-sighted, self-centered human beings. We will make the judgments about who is good and bad and what all these things mean.

We had this conversation the other night about someone who some people felt was doing a really wrong thing- making a really bad decision. The parents should be informed. No, more than that, the parents should be given a good talking to. It's their fault. We have the responsibility to speak up, to tell them off, to let them know what they are doing wrong and how they are truly messing up their childrens lives.

Thank God I am not like that poor sinner over there. And to prove it, just listen to my prayers.

Is it any wonder that the story of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery was put into the Bible? (Please note: It has been discovered that it wasn't in the early versions and manuscripts and so was a later addition. It is now a footnote. Okay, but I think it is an important footnote!!!) Go ahead, pick up the stone and throw it.

I know this can get controversial and I am glad I don't have thousands of people reading this blog. It is simply a humble opinion that I have discovered over the years- judgment is better left to God and pointing fingers is better left out all together. Calling a brother or sister a sinner is a dangerous act unless tempered- and I do mean seriously tempered- by a deep and abiding awareness that my own sins may be a lot greater than theirs. My plank is a lot bigger than the splinter because I know what is in my own heart.

The point becomes- and should always become- that the glory of God is seen. Oh if that were always the case. Allow the glory of God to shine through. Always and forever. Amen.