Stop!

Romans 14: 13

Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.

I deal with people every day.

It’s what I do, and it’s what I have been called to do, and yet we all deal with people to some degree or another.

The more I’m in the middle of ministry though, the more I realize how selfish we all can be.

Most of us have made up our minds, that we’re going to make ourselves look right, at any cost.

It surely happens in the church, but I thought the church should actually be different.

You’d be surprised at how many people are intentional in putting stumbling blocks in the way of a brother or sister.

A brother or sister is a person who believes the same things about Jesus that we do.

There are correct ways of working out conflict, without putting stumbling blocks in place.

Honestly, there are times I really love e-mail, and I also despise it sometimes too.

We use e-mail at times to share words we probably wouldn’t share face to face.

I have seen people use words in e-mails, that are meant to be a stumbling block, and sometimes I think they are put there on purpose.

I wonder if Jesus was ever a stumbling block? But then again we stumble and bumble over Him all the time, don’t we.

He was clear and concise in His words spoken, so there was nothing ever lost in translation.

Maybe we should communicate with each like Jesus did, so we can prevent ourselves from being an obstacle…