To Condemn and to Encourage, for Children... and Adults

Picking on a person doesn't help.
It's the same with children.
The more you honor them, the more you love and adore them,
and lift them up and praise the good,
the better they become…. And we're all children.

To condemn,
and to only pick out, and point out the annoying behavior,
and the difficult aspects of their character
always makes a person worse.

A child who lives with criticism learns to condemn.
A child who lives with hostility learns to fight.
A child who lives with fears learns to be anxious.
A child who is pitied and viewed as pathetic, learns to feel sorry for himself.
A child who lives with jealousy learns to feel guilty.

On the other hand…
A child who lives with encouragement learns to be confident.
A child who lives with praise learns to be appreciative.
A child who lives with acceptance learns to be patient.
A child who lives with approval learns self-esteem.
A child who lives with recognition, learns to have a goal.
A child who lives with fairness learns what justice is.
A child who lives with honesty learns about truth.
A child who lives with security learns to have faith.
A child who lives with friendliness, learns that God's world is a wonderful place.

And we are all children… not matter how old we get.

If everything else goes against us, the Church of Jesus Christ will still be for us.
This is a safe place. This is home.
And "Home is where, when you go there, they have to take you in."

The door is open.
And first we will love each other, then we'll see how we get.
Who is in a position to condemn?
only God… and God forgives!
 

Jerome Dominguez, M.D…. from Barbara D. Fillette
http://www.nsrchurch.org/Sermons/2001/s_06172001.htm

Continuation:  Metanoia 5