A ripple in the rug

I'm taking a class in church called "Redemption" (more on that later) but today one of the Pastors was in our class and he was sitting in such a way that his shoe pressed against the rug and caused a large ripple. I kept staring at the rugs lump and I knew I wouldn't be able to focus until it was straight so I said something to the effect of "I'm sorry to be neroutic, but your foot is causing the rug to bunch." to which he responded "Well, so is your foot on your side." in good banter I said "Well that doesn't matter, I can't see my side." To which one of our group leaders responded "Well isn't that the way it works."

You see, I don't see the ripples that I cause as quickly as I see the ripples that others cause. In other words, I don't see my sin as clearly as I see the sins of others. In my marriage I am much more apt to tell my husband of all the "lumps" he's causing in our marriage than to address my own. I see my husbands sin first, I see my bosses sin first, I see my children's sin first, I see my friends sin first. I tend to miss the most important sin of all: MY OWN!

Clearly the bible talks about this when it addresses removing the blank from your own eye to see the speck of dust in your brothers (Mathew 7:3-5) so I'm hopeful that I'm not the only one with this "issue". I am also convicted of evaluating my own heart and changing my lumps instead of focusing on other peoples.

As to redemption groups, they are HARD and GOOD. I will write more after I evaluate my heart because there is a lot going on in there right now.