When I've read "love does not delight in evil" in the past, I always pictured something really egregious, like exulting over someone's torture or murder or abuse. That's easy to say is wrong.
But this morning I was reflecting on some ugly things I'd seen cropping up from myself lately and realized how often I delight in other people's failures because it gives me a "free pass" to fail myself by criticizing, keeping records of wrong, being envious or jealous, gossiping, being self-righteous, being impatient, being unkind, being bitter, and on and on.
It's easy to feel bad about not being kind when I'm only interacting with perfectly kind people. But when I see someone else's human imperfections, it's even easier to think "an eye for an eye" and give my sinfulness free reign to respond.
Thanks be to Christ for buying our freedom from these things.
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