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کیا اآپ نے کبھی خیال کیا ہے کہ آپ نے پہلی پرچھائی کا اندازہ لگا کر کتنے اچھے دوستوں کو کھویا ہے؟ میں حیران ہوں کہ کیسے پہلی پرچھائی ہمیں کسی دوسرے شخص کا اندازہ لگانے کے بارے میں بتاتی ہے۔ ہم دراصل اِس قابل نہیں ہیں کہ لوگوں کا صحیح انداز میں اندازہ لگا سکیں جب تک کہ خُدا اُن کے دلوں کا انکشاف نہیں کرتا کہ اُن میں کیا ہے۔کیا آپ نے یہ نہیں سوچا کہ ہمیں اُن کے بارے میں فیصلہ کرنے سے پہلے اُن کو وقت دینا چاہیے تاکہ انکشاف ہو کہ اُن کے دل میں کیا ہے؟ آئیں ہم صرف بیرونی دکھاوے پر نہ جائیں!
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Have you ever wondered how many potentially good friends you may have lost simply by judging them on your first impression of them? And how many people that you looked at that seemed to be remarkable, ended up turning out to be not very good people? I'm amazed at how the first impression we have of many people very seldom tells us much about their substance. We're not really going to be able to evaluate people properly until the Lord reveals what is really in their hearts at judgment. But we also know that what comes out of people's mouths and what we see in their behavior emanate from their hearts (Matthew 15:18-19). Over time, we do get to see what their hearts are about: their hearts reveal the person inside them. So, don't you think that we should give people time to reveal what is in their hearts before we decide about them? Let's not judge people prematurely by their outward appearances; let's give them time to reveal their hearts! And let's remember that God knows and will judge each of us by our hearts, and not by our appearances (Proverbs 16:2, 17:3).
میری دعا
اے باپ، تُو ہی واحد ہے جو ہر دل کو جانتا ہے۔ میری مدد کر کہ میں دوسروں کے بارے کوئی رائے قائم کرنے سے پہلے اُن کے ساتھ صابر رہوں۔ براہ کرم مجھے آنکھیں عنایت کر کہ میں اُن کو یسُوع کی مانند دیکھ پاؤں۔ یسُوع کے نام میں مانگتا ہوں۔آمین۔
My Prayer...
Father, you alone know each heart. Please help me be more patient with others before forming an opinion about them. Please give me eyes to see them as Jesus does and treat them as I would love to be treated. Father, I don't want to make preliminary judgments about people, good or bad. Please help me be patient as I wait to see their hearts come to light in the way they talk to others and in their behaviors. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
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