Taking a museum break,
I found a small secluded courtyard where
I could rest my aching feet.
I put my feet up in a chair
and settled my mind to the rhythm
of a waterfall pouring onto rocks.
There was a little sign nestled in the rocks.
I had to get up and walk a few steps to read it.
It said:
FOR YOUR SAFETY
PLEASE DO NOT
THROW STONES
At first I thought it was a little strange.
Then I wondered how my throwing stones
could be unsafe for ME.
FOR YOUR SAFETY
PLEASE DO NOT
THROW STONES??
The more I thought about it,
the more I thought about it.
Then I remembered the story of the woman caught in adultery
being brought to Jesus for her punishment.
He said to her accusers,
"Let any one of you,
who is without sin,
throw the first stone."
(John 8:7)
ouch.
He also said,
"Do not judge
or you, too will be judged"
(Matthew 7:1)
ouch.
Everybody knows that us church ladies
can polish our pretty little stones
and rename them
prayer requests
and
concerns
and
helpful comments
and
how they should have done it.
But it is still stone throwing
and it's still judging.
OUCH
"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 7:2)
OUCH!!
I guess it is true.
Throwing stones
IS
hazardous to my own safety.
