"Cast the first stone
Cast the first stone, why don't you?
Cast the stone on the adulteress who's crouching in the dust
never mind the nameless man who was with her
Cast the stone on the drug addict who's shaking all over
never mind the one who first sold him powdered dreams
Cast the stone on the loser who cannot pull his life together
never mind that he never had any hope to stand upon
Cast the stone on the lost child looking for boundaries
Cast the stone on the lost soul looking for purpose.
Cast the first stone, why don't you?
Cast the stone of your judgement
Cast the stone of your fears
Cast the stones of your own shortcomings and insecurities.
Cast the first stone, why don't you?
Condemn with your righteous hearts
Cast your cursing stones upon the sinner.
Have you forgotten?
You'll be buried under the stones you've thrown
They will be the monument on your grave
Because Jesus said:
He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone. (John 8:7)
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (Luke 6:37 and Matthew 7:2)
Have you forgotten?
It was the tax collector
the sinner
the outcast
who went home forgiven
not the religious man boasting about his own spirituality.
(Luke 18:9-14).
Because Jesus said:
It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. (Mark 2:17)"
never mind the one who first sold him powdered dreams
Cast the stone on the loser who cannot pull his life together
never mind that he never had any hope to stand upon
Cast the stone on the lost child looking for boundaries
Cast the stone on the lost soul looking for purpose.
Cast the first stone, why don't you?
Cast the stone of your judgement
Cast the stone of your fears
Cast the stones of your own shortcomings and insecurities.
Cast the first stone, why don't you?
Condemn with your righteous hearts
Cast your cursing stones upon the sinner.
Have you forgotten?
You'll be buried under the stones you've thrown
They will be the monument on your grave
Because Jesus said:
He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone. (John 8:7)
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (Luke 6:37 and Matthew 7:2)
Have you forgotten?
It was the tax collector
the sinner
the outcast
who went home forgiven
not the religious man boasting about his own spirituality.
(Luke 18:9-14).
Because Jesus said:
It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. (Mark 2:17)"
I do not judge the downtrodden.
ReplyDeleteI judge those who wish to go through life, acting like imbeciles and who wish to do so with impunity.
There are those who deserve sympathy. But there are those who know better, who are capable of picking themselves up by their bootstraps and who refuse, because they expect pity.
I won't cast a stone.
But I will not offer my hand either.
kitsune307914 November 2014 19:41
DeleteI understand, and your attitude is wise: you can't help someone if they're not willing to help themselves too. My post was more directed at religious people who judge other people's situations and actions without considering what may have brought about those situations and actions. People who judge and condemn others as "sinners" and "deserving hell", without any compassion or empathy.
Hence, the brilliance of your post... Just as stones will collect for those who cast them, the baseless accusations of those who are holier than thou shall find an undesired form of justice. :)
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