Faults

"..for the eyes of man see faults...but God looks at the heart"


Do you ever take notice of how people remember? Should you be remembered for the things you have done and ways in which you acted in, are those things good or bad? Are you remembered better for doing good or bad?

Have you ever noticed that people can remember your faults, embarrassments and wrongdoings; but forget easily the right things you had done? If a child come home from school with a score of 9 out of 10 correct answers for spelling, most parents might focus on that one mistake instead of the 9 words spelled correctly. Or for the sake of the title, take for instance in a 100 metre dash. Runner A trips halfway while runner B finishes the race in first place. People will remember how runner A fell down but few will remember runner B for running well.

It is apparent that faults are easier to remember compared to good deeds. People can see the mistakes you make and sometimes give comments without much thinking, but they seldom thank, congratulate or encourage you when you do something right.


An irony is this, people pinpoint faults in other people but can never seem to spot faults of their own. Sometimes it is so difficult to convince a person that he or she did something wrong. I'm not surprised because everything one does is always right in his or her own eyes, this is why we all need each other. Besides that, openness and discernment is important. But sometimes it is just as difficult to tell a friend that he or she did wrong.

There is a common need in us, since we are from the same kingdom, family, species. The common need for us to all remove the log in our eyes before removing the spec in someone else'.


It sucks when people remember your humble moments but forget your glorious ones. So we must all be aware in remembering each other for good deeds and try not to dwell on faults and embarrassments.
Together, we can build one another up! What are friends for?