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[CindyLouWho]

They will be on Bill O'Reilly's show tonight

[bighair80s]

thanks clw.  hey have a safe flight home ok?

[CindyLouWho]

I will.  Gonna be a late night tonight!  I am soooo sick of Orlando!  What a tourist trap!

[NightmarePatrol]

Next time you can come to Gulf side where it's peaceful. Safe trip CLW!

[Kimmi]

GRRR I don't get the faux news network!

[Foodie]

Thanks CLW......see ya soon!
Poop, that link does not work anymore 

[shortcircuit]

Eh, it was only honey and quite honestly, FOX NEWS?  LMAO!  Right.  Real credible news
IMHO.  Definitely not impressed.

[bighair80s]

here is something the swartouts ought to look at, and by the way, perhaps the rest of us too...   if you arent religous it doesnt matter, take away the religous words and the principles are pretty glaring anyhow...

Long before M. Night Shyamalan's movie irrevocably associated the idea of a sixth sense with scary movies, scientists, psychologists, and charlatans were suggesting that humans may have powers of perceiving in addition to those provided by our five senses. Those that have been proposed range from proprioception?the body's sense of spatial orientation?to synesthesia?the fusion of two senses (a fascinating phenomenon worth looking up).

Sometimes I suspect I have a sixth sense: the ability to keenly see other people's sin. I can spot pride a mile away. Before I could guess your profession or birthplace, I could accurately tell you whether you are greedy or lazy, prone to pharisaism or profligacy.

You may wonder how I became so accomplished at recognizing others' transgressions. Is sin so easily detectable because my vision is sharpened by the lens of piety, because I am jealous for the glory of God? I'm afraid not. Rather, it is the intimate acquaintance with my own sinful nature that makes me aware of sin in others. Although it is tempting to adopt a "holier than thou" posture, the Scriptures teach that I probably wouldn't even notice the sins of my fellow men if I weren't guilty of the same or greater sins.

Jesus asked, "Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye?" (Matthew 7:3-4).

I don't know what your experience has been, but mine has proved Jesus' words true. When I become hyper-sensitive to someone else's sin, I am often guilty of the very same sin. We don't like to see our faults mirrored any more than we like to see someone else show up wearing the same dress at a party, a dress that all of a sudden doesn't seem that attractive anymore. (It looks better on you, friends will whisper reassuringly, and we tell ourselves the same thing about our sin.) I think of it as "plank-in-your-own-eye" vision, working telescopically to magnify my neighbor's sin while at the same time blinding me to that nearer at hand, harbored in my own heart. While it is tempting to call this process discernment, all too often in my own case it is simply disguised judgmentalism.

When I notice someone else's arrogance, it is usually because they have tread upon my pride. In many cases, I may actually be projecting my own sins onto innocent bystanders. When I am in a critical mood, I become insecure, assuming that everyone around me is thinking of me just as critically. The converse is also true: when I am more accepting and gracious to the people around me, I expect them to accept and forgive me.

Is this "sixth sense" a blessing or a curse? It can be either. I can let it increase my sense of self-righteousness, blaming all my problems on other people's sin. Or, I can treat it as an early warning system, using it the way coal miners used canaries to warn themselves of carbon monoxide. When I find myself unusually cognizant of sin in the people around me, I need to step back and examine my own heart. God is able to use anything for our good, and he can even use the specks in our neighbors' eyes to alert us that there is a log in our own.

[NightmarePatrol]

Eh, it was only honey and quite honestly, FOX NEWS?  LMAO!  Right.  Real credible news
IMHO.  Definitely not impressed.

Well (IMO) "credible broadcast news" is an oxymoron any more. There's too much financial gain tied to anything on TV. That desire for monetary gain simply tramples objectivity into the dirt.

[Kimmi]

Rather, it is the intimate acquaintance with my own sinful nature that makes me aware of sin in others. Although it is tempting to adopt a "holier than thou" posture, the Scriptures teach that I probably wouldn't even notice the sins of my fellow men if I weren't guilty of the same or greater sins.

Very interesting bighair! 

[lifefeedsonlife]

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.  Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more; it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

Gotta love Shakespeare . . . in the end it's all a tempest in a teapot.

Nice quote bh - I like that.

[TiFeMb]

Thanks for the reminder BH, that pierces my heart & is exactly what I needed to hear.

[CindyLouWho]

Beautiful post BH.  I will try to keep it with me.

[shortcircuit]

nice post BH.

Np, I know.  just Fox seems worse than some of the other big names.