I was driving down an old country road late at night heading for the city of Macomb in Illinois when a car on the opposite side of the road suddenly turned on their bright lights completely blinding me.
This is one of my pet peeves so I immediately got frustrated and started hollering to the air, "You big jerkface! Why on earth would you suddenly turn on your bright lights! You were just about to pass me, but had to turn them on before you did. Why?! Just why!"
Then I looked down seeing the light on my dashboard informing me that my bright lights were on...
The feeling of shame rushed over me and my cheeks flushed. I hung my head for a moment and quietly mumbled, "Wow, I'm sorry."
Then a little louder, "Gosh, I'm the jerk who had my brights on and you were just trying to let me know to turn them off and I called you the jerk. I'm sorry person I don't know."
It hit me that we have all done this. Everyday, in other instances and circumstances, we are the first to point the finger and blame someone else instead of first examining ourselves.
We as human beings are so hypocritical. We are eager to tell others their wrongs even when we are doing the exact same thing.
It reminded me of this Bible verse, "3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye." Matthew 7:3-5(NIV)
Let us all try to do a little better at following this verse and be slower to point the finger at someone else.
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