I have been thinking lately about people. Isn't that amazing. Thinking about people, not self ... [people] ... others! Not about power, but people! What a wonderful world as we consider others. As we grow outward instead of living our lives inward, hurting, conceited or power driven.
People who live their lives inward, hurting, conceited,or power driven are usually stone throwers! Let's open up and heal and become better people.
Let's lay aside the stones in life, and use them for building instead of destruction ... let's remove ourselves from condemning and walking as judge over others and direct them to a better way of living ... to a better life!
"And Early in the morning He came again into the Temple, and all the people came unto Him; and He sat down, and taught them."
"And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto Him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the Law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest Thou?"
"This they said, tempting Him, that they might have to accuse Him."
"But Jesus stooped down, and with His finger wrote on the ground, as though He heard them not (refusing to allow them to draw him off course). 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. And again He stooped down, and wrote on the ground."
"And they which heard it, being convicted by their own (stone throwing) conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst."
"When Jesus had lifted up Himself ... (Notice, he did not even rise for such an occasion as this, but with focus and purpose stayed his course), and saw none but the woman, He said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee?"
"She said, No man, Lord."
"And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more." ~John 8:2-11
Jesus was not condoning the act of adultery, neither condemning the woman. What he did was direct the Woman from her sin that brought negative attention to her and kept her in bondage.
Condemnation is enough within one's own self when they know that what they have done is wrong without other peoples stones!
~ How about putting the stones down and directing the people!
