I used to be\u00a0very critical of everybody and everything that didn’t do things the way I thought they should be done and didn’t believe the same way I believed. I have been trying to change so that I am much less critical. This is especially true since I realized that much of what I criticize in others comes around to happen to me.<\/p>\n
But there\u00a0was still one group I tended to criticize…I am now critical of those who are critical…<\/p>\n
I now find myself thinking, “I can’t believe how critical they are! All they do is judge people who they know nothing about. Don’t they see how negative they sound and how damaging it is to Christian love and unity to be so judgmental and critical?”<\/p>\n
Ironic, isn’t it?<\/p>\n
It’s like pride. As soon as you think you’ve got it mastered, you’ve lost the battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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