Not Enough Stones

”So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” John 8:7

Last night I laid in bed tossing and turning as I cried myself to sleep. Unfortunately that has become more and more of a regular occurrence over the last few weeks. While trying to fall asleep, one of the things that kept going through my mind was the idea of a blog I felt compelled to write. The problem was I could not come up with the proper words to say to express my feelings. Then I remembered a poem that I had loved in high school. The words of Earline Rose seemed to perfectly describe the thoughts I was trying to convey.

‘Faults’
As you sift the faults of others
Just to see what you can find,
And the words you speak about them
Are often times unkind,
Let the thought be ever present,
When you start to criticize,
That his faults may be less noticed
When viewed by other eyes.
For when we truly love someone,
His faults are hard to find,
And when they glare right out at us,
Somehow we do not mind.
Instead of searching for his faults,
Which seem to be galore,
Just let him know you really care…
Then learn to love him more.

It seems to me that people so quickly cast dispersions on other people sometimes out of anger, sometimes for a quick laugh, and sometimes just for meanness. I know I have often caught myself doing the same thing. Jesus teaches that we should never throw stones at others because not one of us is completely innocent. Maybe instead of being angry with people who do not follow this rule, I should instead just try to lead by example. I think it is time for us all to realize that there are not enough stones for all our faults…