The Critic

I have tendency to be rather critical of those that I disagree with or that rub me the wrong way. I was reminded of how critical I can be earlier today, I was busy on a tirade slamming on somebody(name withheld) and just doing what I do well, thinking I am better in those areas than this person, When my lovely wife reminded me that others may recognise my faults also. Its so easy to talk about that other guy and how whacked they are, but as a christian I have to realize that there is no one that has not sinned, no one. While I may recognize a critical spirit in someone else, I must see the pride that I exhibit in my own critical nature. Most of us are guilty of this way of acting, whether it be the Politician that can justify their wrong while condemning another, or the christian that knocks down the believer that listens to secular music, while they have close to 100 DVD's at home that promote the same things that that person might be critical of in those secular songs. The Church is full of this your short coming is worse than mine attitude. We will get bothered by the brother that wastes their money on expensive Gangsta style clothing, while we drive home from church in our nice new Excursion, with all the extras. We live in a land were we are free to do what we like and think what we like, as long as we don't hurt others. The problem isn't, that I don't or do believe, or that I have something and they do or don't, the problem is that we live according to the worlds principles and ideas of freedom and not Gods. We don't see that we are free to love our , neighbor, enemy, or brethren, or that we are free to sell all we have and give it to the poor. We see that I'm free to buy that truck or watch that movie, or criticize our brethren. We , the Church have become just like the world we live in, the perfect way to see how Christians live just like the world , is to go to your local christian store. Better yet listen to the christian political leaders and how they sound just like their non-christian counterparts. Our attitude sucks, we've let freedom ring in all the wrong ways, we have become like the world we are so quick to disassociate ourselves from. So, Are we really that much better than those we are so quick to slam? No, but we can be, if we free ourselves to Christ.