I don't know if every one reads or even believes in the Bible or what your feelings are about the Bible. I have read the it Old Testament and New a couple of times and I am working on the Qur'an now. I don't read these books from a religious standpoint but more so for the amazing stories and parables with meanings and morals that are applicable to life. One of my favorite stories in the Bible is in John 8:1-11. In the story it says that Jesus went to the Mt. Of Olives and the next morning he went into the temple to teach. When he started teaching the people came to Jesus with this woman and they said Jesus Jesus we have this lady who was caught committing adultery. I mean she was literally caught in the act. We caught her red handed. The people said to Jesus according to the "Book" Moses in the law commanded that a person caught in the act of committing adultery is in violation of GOD'S law and she should be stoned. The people said "Well, what do you want to do Jesus? Lets go ahead and get this stoning going". Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground and pretending not to hear the crowd wanting to stone the woman. The crowd again said " What's up Jesus, what do you want to do. The law says we are supposed to stone her, for she has committed sin". So Jesus, stands up from writing on the ground and says "Y'all, want to kill this woman right? Let me get this straight. Y'all want to stone this woman to death because she committed sin? Am I hearing this right?" The people said you heard right. The book and the law that Moses passed on says that she should be stoned for committing such sins. Jesus said "Ok stone her then, but do me a small favor first Jesus said LET HE AMONGST YOU WHO IS WITHOUT SIN, CAST THE FIRST STONE!" Seriously, y'all are right! Stone this woman because she has sinned! I want everybody to pick up your stones, and all I ask is that the person who has never committed sin throw their stone at her first. The crowd all looked around at each other and there was not one, who had not committed sin. One by one from the oldest to the youngest, they all dropped their stones and turned around and walked away. Jesus was eventually left alone with the young lady said to the young lady where are your accusers now? Has anyone condemned you? The woman said no. Jesus said, neither do I. Now go, and sin no more.
Jesus could've called her names or gossiped about her and told her how bad she was. Jesus could've said "now you know you have no business sleeping with all these men. You should be ashamed of yourself" Jesus could have called her all kinds of names and stuff but he didn't. He could've called his friends and was been like "Such and such was sleeping with such and such". He could've gossiped about her but he didn't. He told her to go and sin no more.
Growing up my father was into politics and helping the community and helping to get people Jobs and helping people get back on their feet. So growing up, I was surrounded by Drug addicts, ex convicts, parolees, Judges, Mayors, County Legislators, Attorneys, musicians, pastors, reverends etc. My father told me that some people may do bad things. But that doesn't make them bad people. We all make mistakes and we all commit sins. But none of us are perfect or without sin, therefore NONE OF US ARE IN POSITION TO SIT AND JUDGE ANY ONE OF US. Though we may all be STRIVING for perfection NOT ONE OF US HAS REACHED IT YET.WE ARE ALL IN THIS LIFE TOGETHER WE ARE ALL A PART OF THE WHOLE, AND WE WOULD ALL BE BETTER OFF LEARNING FROM AND HELPING ONE ANOTHER THAN WE WOULD JUDGING OR CRITICIZING EACH OTHER. My pops told me that MOST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND TO TREAT ALL PEOPLE GOOD!
WE ARE ALL IN THIS THING TOGETHER!
LETS CONTINUE TO LOVE, LETS CONTINUE TO DREAM, AND FOLLOW OUR DREAMS AND LETS CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER TO DO THE SAME!
THE WORLD IS OURS!
LETS HELP EACH OTHER GO GET IT!
PEACE!
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