All of us have 'blind spots', real estate of our lives and souls that is beyond our view. Character flaws, sinful habits or responses, offensive ways-- deficiencies in us of which we are not aware we have. So, all of us need others who see clearly to be able to point out our 'blind spots' so as to avoid 'accidents' and 'damage' in our lives and others. And we need to be those who 'see clearly' to help other brothers and sisters see the faults in them. But why is it that we so readily see the flaws in others but miss them in ourselves? Before we are quick to offer constructive criticism and spiritual counsel to others, we need to ponder Jesus' warning in Luke 6:41-42. In cartoon fashion, he describes an spiritual 'ophthalmologist' who has a large piece of lumber sticking out of his eye, but who is about to perform surgery on another to remove a small splinter from their eye. Jesus' advice is to first remove the beam in your eye so that you in turn can see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother's eye. But to see clearly to help another, we must first of all be aware of our own faults. This calls for introspection. We need to first identify our faults, and then we need to do something about them. This calls for remediation! It takes humility and an openness before God to reveal your faults. And you also need to enlist the help of others-- the Holy Spirit and other believers. Jesus is not asking us to be perfect, just AUTHENTIC.
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