The Log In My Eye

I was driving the other day behind some guy who had forgotten to turn his blinker off. At first I thought he was going to turn. Actually I thought that for 4 straight streets in a row. I am a slow learner. Then I realized he was just driving and didn't know. I watched him for a while and thought about how embarrassed he should be. We were just about up to an intersection with several lanes when I thought to check my own blinker just in case by some wild coincidence I was driving and faking right like he had been doing. Sure enough, I was blinking. As I pulled up beside him he smiled at me and waved and turned his blinker off. He had been trying to let me know I was blinking. I felt like the guy with food hanging out of his mouth and everybody around keeps wiping their mouths with their napkin hoping he will finally get the hint. Why is it so hard for me to see myself even when someone in front of me is trying to show me? I thought of Jesus saying to make sure you take the log out of your own eye before you try to do micro surgery on your neighbor's eye. I sheepishly pulled away from the intersection and checked my blinker every 2-3 blocks all the way home. I wonder how many other things I would pick up about myself if when I looked at other people instead of thinking how silly they were used them as a mirror. Do I really think I have fewer faults than the people all around me? Scripture says God made us out of the dust of the ground. We are all made of the same stuff. The really amazing thing is that God loves this little mound of dust. He loves you too. Don't forget. It will be good to remember the next time you get out of your car and the gas nozzle is hanging out of your gas tank.