Look for Good

Today a Facebook Friend put this on his status......

Those who blurt out things, sometimes justifying it by boasting ‘I speak my mind’, are worse than fools, presumably because they can do more harm. How often are friendships broken, churches split, families divided by words hastily spoken? - David Winter

That struck a cord for me as those who know me will know I sometimes 'speak my mind' and though no harm intended I guess in some cases it can be harmful.

I'm guessing many of us say things or do things on the spir of the moment and I guess, like me the feeling is afterwards of regret and sadness.

So... what can we can to avoid these situations? What can we do to try and become more positive and to see past our blinkered thoughts? What can we do to put a point across in a more pleasant way?

I don't have all the answers but I do know that by talking to god and asking him to help would be a step in the right direction.

Someone once said if you can smile and see your faults then faults will seem smaller in others. I guess this is the same as what someone told me that if you point your fingers at people, there are always more fingers pointing back at you.

So maybe its time to see our faults and try and forget about other peoples fault, and look to whats good in those people.

Jesus did this regularly and on one occasion had dinner with a man that had many faults as he was a unmoral tax collector. People where shocked when Jesus when and shared time and food with this man. But Jesus saw good in him and looked past the faults.

Try looking past the faults in people and look for the good in all.