Sometimes, I ponder what it must have been like for Jesus. I'm so very flawed as a human, and I can't really wrap my head around the perfect behavior of Him. The issue I have been struggling with lately is correcting my friends, in love, (Galatians 6:1-3) when I feel I need to, without seeming like I'm judging (Matthew 7:1-5). It's a very fine line for a totally imperfect being. It really comes down to pride. I'm so worried that I will mess up a relationship with someone, but it eats me up inside the longer I don't confront the issue. What happened to not conforming to this world?

With only a day or so until we leave, I'm praying hard for reconciliation in my spirit about these issues. That I wouldn't have pride, but I wouldn't be too hasty in pointing out flaws.

1 Timothy 1:15-16 (New Living Translation)

 ¹⁵ This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”—and I am the worst of them all. ¹⁶ But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life.