jacked up.... pt deux

here are some examples of what i am talking about... (this is going to be long...fyi)

Jesus says...

"and why do you worry about clothes?  see how the lilies of the field grow.  they do not labor or spin.  yet i tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.  If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, ... will he not much more clothe you, o you of little faith? So do not worry, ...  , and your heavenly Father knows you need them.  but seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.  therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.  each day has enough trouble of its own.(emphasis mine) matthew 6:28-34

how much time do you spend worrying?  i do it all the time...why?  no faith!

Jesus says...

"do not judge, or you too will be judged.  for in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (matthew 7:1-2)

do you judge people?  i do it all the time...why? i don't know.  

Jesus says...

"ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  for everyone who ask receives; he who seeks find; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. (matthew 7:7-8)

do you ask and expect to receive? i don't always...why?  little faith

Jesus says...

so in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prohets. (matthew 7:12)

do you always treat others the way you would want to be treated?  i dont always...why? i am selfish.  

one note on this last verse...Jesus takes the extremely difficult concept of living life and interacting with people and trying to figure out how to live the "christian life"....and he boils it down to this one simple statement...everything that has ever been told, all the people who were foretelling the coming of God, what they all meant to say is this...treat people the way you want to be treated!  kind of to say, if you can do that.  the world, it will be ok, if you just treat people the way you want to be treated.

pretty simple, huh?  i gotta run...go treat someone the way you want to be treated today.