"What", do you "See"?

Hi Everybody ....... :}
It's been awhile, did you miss me? I've been kind of slacking off, sorry. Anyway, here is something for you to think about. I started writing it in March of 09, very angry, seeing only the hurt that was put upon my family. I only got about 10 or 12 lines done when my hands were lifted from the keyboard and I heard a voice telling me "not yet". Over the next three months I would try to go back to it but it just wasn't happening. Finally, one day in June it happened; I brought up my documents and clicked on what I had started to write. Every thing just started to flow through me and onto the screen. I learned that being angry was ok, I just needed to ask forgivness for all involved, especially for myself. Lesson learned!!!
Anyway, here it is.

“What”, do you “See”?

Inspired by
The Holy Spirit

How often do we make a comment about what we see, or better yet, what we think we see? I have seen a lot of things in my 56+ years. A lot more than most, not near as much as some. I try not to judge others on what I think I see, but it happens and for the most part I have been right in what I have seen. There are times, especially now-a-days, that we must make a judgmental decision in order to keep our lives together and going in the right direction. God understands this, especially when we use him as our guide through our meager little lives.
What really makes things bad is when we make comments to friends and loved ones on something we think we see, thinking we are doing the right thing, not seeking the guidance of our Lord God before opening our mouths. There is a word for this type of behavior and you all know it as “Gossip”; Idle, often malicious talk, especially about others.
Now, in Proverbs 11, 16, 18, and 26, Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, talks about “Gossip” and those who are idle taletellers. In Matthew 15 verse 19, 20 Jesus mentions “false witness”, among other commandments, laws, “which defile a man”. All of these are of a willful aggression towards another. What about the person that feels they are just being, helpful? Doing and/or saying what they think is right. Is what we see really what we see, or is it what we think we see? Most of the time when we convey our gossip type thoughts about another it is of little regard we have for anybody but ourselves and we do not see or care to see the anguish that is bestowed upon that person.
Luke, chapter 6, verses 39 – 42; (39) “And he spoke a parable unto them: Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch? (40) The disciple is not above his master; but everyone that is perfect shall be as his master. (41) And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceives not the beam that is in thine own eye? (42) Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdes not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye”. This book, chapter and verses is what holds me back all too often from opening my mouth and very possibly destroying the trust between friends and loved ones. Just because we believe, in our mind, that what we have seen is true, does not give us the right to open our mouths, because what we have seen could possibly be a false image as to what we think we are looking at.
Are we 110% positive that what we are looking at, or what we are hearing is the truth, or has the Ugly One (Satan) fabricated something in our mind and split our tongue like a serpents to hurt others? Proverbs 12:20 “Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace is joy.” 12:21 “There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.”
I have witnessed firsthand the ugly repercussions of those “whispered words”, “inquisitive looks” and “evasive moves” and they cut deeper than any sword could. But my healing came from God because I was able to forgive. A slight slip of the tongue, mischievous or not, can destroy a relationship with another, but your faith and trust in God it never will, because his love for you is stronger than any others.
Do you see what you’re looking at?
Are you listening to what you’re hearing?

MGBYAKY & JLY
I Love You

Started 06 March 2009
Finished 10 June 2009