I have enjoyed watching track for many years. My youngest granddaughter and grandson are now on the track, running as fast as they can. I love track because the fastest man or woman wins. The one who jumps the highest wins, etc. But it is not that simple in all competition
I am skeptical of competition that involves judges. I pick my winner and I wonder why the judges don’t see the same qualities that I see. I often come away thinking, “Well, that’s just that person’s opinion!”
When my now grown-up children were young, we raised Hereford cattle and they “showed” their special ones at the 4-H livestock shows. No matter how much they walked, or scrubbed, or groomed, or presented their animals, they did not always win–they sometimes won–but not always–it was always up to the judges.
We were often guilty of finding fault with the winning animal and seeing no fault in our own “champion.”
It is just that easy to find fault with the people that we see every day.
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Matthew 7:1.
Do you find yourself tearing another down in order to build yourself up? This seems easy to do sometimes. You can magnify another’s faults while minimizing the faults found in your own life.
In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus warns us all to examine our own lives first, and then we can lovingly understand and help others in their weaknesses.
“First take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s eye.” Matthew 7:6.
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
Diane