“Take out the plank from your own eye first, and then you will see clearly how to take out the speck from your friend’s.” – Matthew 7:5
I’m going to be honest with you. I really don’t remember seeing the second part of that verse before. I’m sure I did, but I don’t remember it and I don’t think I ever gave it much thought.
I think I always got caught up on first part about taking the plank from my eye out first. I used to think, “so don’t sin and mind your own business,” but as I read it this time in my new way of reading, I heard something different.
This time, as I read it I asked, “How do I take out the plank in my eye? How? How do I do that?” I breathed in the scripture, I paused and listened, and I heard very clearly, “Love.”
My eyes flew open and I thought, what? Is it really that easy? And the answer is – Yes, yes it is.
I guess always before I thought of the plank as sin, but now I think that’s wrong. I think the plank is judgement, I think the plank is the absence of love, for self and for neighbor.
So in order to take the plank from my own eye, I have to love, I need to love. If I’m loving, sharing love, experiencing love, expecting love, there is no room for judgement (or sin either).
And if I’m loving, sharing love, expecting love then I can no longer see the speck in my friend’s eye because my eyes are full of love, and so their speck is gone, from my view anyway.
I’ll say it again. When I am loving, there is no room for judgment. What does it say in 1 Corinthians? Without love “I am nothing.”
May we go into the world this day and everyday, with hearts and eyes full of love, sharing it, experiencing it, and expecting it. Amen.
Until next time…♥️
Simply Sherri 
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