A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning, while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees the neighbor hang up the wash outside. "That laundry is not very clean", she said. "She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs another laundry soap." The husband looked on, but remained silent. Every time her neighbor would hang out the wash, the woman would make the same comment. About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband, "Look! she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this?" Her husband said, "I got up early this morning and washed the windows."
And so it is with life: What we see while watching others depends on the purity of the window through which we look.
4 comments:
Very good..I love it!!!!
Paige,
I love reading your blog. There is always so many inspirational things you put on here. Not to mention that it seems like your very life is an inspiration. You are an awesome wife and mom. Keep posting!!
Amy
This post is so true. And even more telling is the idea that our window can ever be "pure." We might think it is, but Christ always reveals ways in which we can continue to strive to perfect ourselves and our walk. It is when we think our window is "pure" that it is most likely its dirtiest, or such is usually the case for me. Oh, that we would turn our focus from the sins of others to our own.
**And one last thought: thank God for husbands honest enough to correct their wives in love and truth. I know mine is always so good to remind me of truths about myself.
Wow! What a good reminder!
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