The Window Through Which We Look

A young couple moved into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbor hanging the wash outside. "That laundry isn't very clean", she said. "She doesn't know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap."



Her husband looked on, but remained silent.



Every time the neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.



About a month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband: "Look, she's learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this."



"I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows," replied the husband.



And so it is with life. What we see when watching others depends on the purity of the window through which we look.



"Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye." ~Matthew 7:3-5 (ESV)