hide the smell

Thursday March 7^th, Luke 13:  1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? 3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.  We all seem to be concerned about how someone else might be a little bit worse than we are.  We think it makes us look and feel good.  Look God, over there, as we take the opportunity to do our own little dastardly deed.  It doesn’t work however.  We all know that, but we do it anyway.  Jesus turns the focus from what others are doing wrong; to what we could be doing that is right.  Our calling is not to blame the victim, but to help the victim who is a part of the Family of God, because without them, we are less than we are called to be.  The compost we most often see in others is what we most often are stepping in.  Why did we start that war anyway?  Is it really their fault or are we just trying to hide the smell in our turf?