The Four EASIEST / MOST DIFFICULT Things in This Life!!!

This morning I realized something that I've wondered for a long time but never put into words before:

I now know the two easiest and the two most difficult things in this life:


1. I know that it is the EASIEST thing in this life to know how another person should live, use their money, is messing up their life, slipping spiritually, etc.

2. I know that it is the MOST DIFFICULT thing in this life to know how I should live, use my money, am messing up my life, slipping spiritually, etc.

3. I know that it is the EASIEST thing in this life to have all the answers for everybody else.

4. I know that it is the MOST DIFFICULT thing in this life to have ANY answers for myself.

Matthew 5:16 - "Let your light so shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven." (NASB) --- I noticed that in almost every translation (if not all of them), it says, "...shine BEFORE men..." - not "...shine ON men..." ---- The light that we shine should glorify our Father who is in heaven, not shine ON another and either exalt them or point out their failures!!

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jfn - 6/8/2011