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Matthew 7:5 and the hypocrite:
He is a hypocrite because his unkind criticism takes the outward form of a kindly act.

“I’m exhausted by my own hypocrisy.”

Martha Beck • The Way of Integrity: Finding the path to your true self

Am I avoiding information that I know may change my behavior?

Difficult people ignore those mores or act as if they are exempt, often while they expect you to live by the standards they’re flaunting.

Michael Emmons • Your Perfect Right: Assertiveness and Equality in Your Life and Relationships

PRAYER

CONFESSION: Lord,

help me to face the truth about myself.

Help me to hear my words as others hear them,

to see my face as others see me;

let me be honest enough to recognize

my impatience and conceit;

let me recognize my anger and selfishness;

give me sufficient humility to accept

my own weaknesses for what they are.

Give me the grace to say, “I was w... See more

Another blatant case of insulation. Sometimes the divorce between one’s “tawk” and one’s life can be overtly and convincingly visible: take people who want others to live a certain way but don’t really like it for themselves.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Incerto 4-Book Bundle

We want others to be perfect, but we do not correct our own faults.

Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)

Falsehoods I wore

Insult to Injury

SIN EXPOSED There are two respects in which God’s view must be very different from ours. In the first place, He sees (like you) how all the people in your home or your job are in various degrees awkward or difficult; but when He looks into that home or factory or office He sees one more person of the same kind—the one you never do see. I mean, of c