Spiritual Thoughts

  Friday Tale - Criticism Challenge   W hy do we have to criticize all the time? When we think about it, we are actually happy with most things that happen in our lives, BUT when we open our mouths and speak, we choose to focus on the things we disagree with or are critical about.   Jesus commented about the people of his generation and their criticism. He said, “For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of man has come eating and drinking and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her children.” (Luke 7 v 33 – 35 ESV).   They criticized John the Baptist, and they criticized Jesus, even though they both behaved different ways from each other. There was plenty to admire about both of them, BUT they focused on the negative.   Let us take a challenge to spend a week saying nothing negative. No criticism. Be positive,...

  C riticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth, without destroying his roots. ~ Frank A. Clark   G ive instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning. ~ Proverbs 9:9

F ew people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good to the praise that deceives them. ~ Francois de la Rochefoucauld L isten to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future.  ~ Proverbs 19:20

"Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots." Frank A. Clark So put away all malice and all deceit and     hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk,     that by it you may grow up into salvation. 1 Peter 2:1-2

"The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism." - Norman Vincent Peale It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise     than to hear the song of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:5

“Let criticism motivate you.” - Jan Ruhe A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding   than a hundred blows into a fool. Proverbs 17:10