Cinders and Telephone Poles
“Let me pull out the mote (speck) out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam (pole) is in thine own eye.” ~ Matt. 7:3-5
How much most of us enjoy straightening out other people. It’s commendable helping to get a cinder out of someone’s eye. That is, as long as a telephone pole is not protruding from our own.
Some of us are trying to bend others into shape while we ourselves are hiding behind a corkscrew. “Physician, heal thyself,” is a good admonition for such people.
The qualifying criterion for helping those with faults is, “Ye which are spiritual...” It is these people who allow the Lord to do the main job of straightening out. They wait for Him to bid them to put on the final touch.
The doctor sets the broken arm; the nurse provides the sling to rest it in. Paul did not consider himself a doctor but a gentle nurse.
Only God can straighten the crooked. There’s a danger of breaking it if we attempt to do so.
by an Aged Saint