๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด? ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ?โ
โ๐๐ฐ, ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ,โ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐. ๐๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ.โ
- John 8:9-11
Humans have a natural desire to create hierarchy. A pecking order where some are socially elevated and others pushed down, most times for no real apparent reason other than made up criteria of looks, money, height and a whole slew of other things we think are important. We like to judge; we canโt help ourselves. Itโs an illusion but one that we tend to whole heartedly believe.
The women in the bible had been caught in the act of adultery. She was pulled to the city center, surrounded, accused, and condemned in short order. Stones were picked up as the judges readied themselves to carry out the punishment of death. They saw her as the lowest of the low, deserving of death. She believed it also.
Then Jesus came along, and with a very simple observation and statement, โwhomever is without sin cast the first stoneโ, he lifted her up from the dirt of society to eye level. He showed her, her accusers, and the entire town that she was neither better nor worse than anyone there. She was human, equal, deserving of forgiveness and love.
For this women, emotional healing started with her seeing herself through Gods eyes. For the accusers, emotional healing started with them seeing themselves through Godโs eyes.
We are human, we are in this together, neither better nor worse, all deserving of love, respect, and forgiveness. โFor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.โฆโ โ Romans 3:23.
Dear Lord, help us to see ourselves and others through your eyes so that we can accept and love ourselves and all those around us. Amen
Jeff Rohlwing
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