relationships

Sometimes, when I see a flaw in someone else, I feel that if I don't point it out, they will never realize it and therefore never change. So it becomes very necessary for me to catalog these flaws, and point them out in a very reasonable manner. Once per flaw! And not all at once. I just need to get it out there, you know? And then I can rest easy. They might not change right away after hearing about it. They might not change at all. But I am absolved of responsibility. And who knows? Maybe sometime in the future they'll recall what I said. Maybe I don't need to be there when they do. I don't need to belabor the point, just mention it once.

How ridiculous, right? I really need to learn to let God work in people. To pray for people. To trust that God can change people without my direct intervention. To believe that people can be convicted of their sin without having someone point it out to them. But really. I need to figure out this plank in my eye before I worry about the specks in others'.