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Receiving Constructive Criticism Series
Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 20, 2003 (message contributor)
Summary: The way in which we hear others’ criticism is a measure of our own spiritual maturity. Some criticism is intended only to hurt, and reveals the critics’ issues. But we need to hear the truth, and if we see the suffering of Christ, that puts into perspec
Go back with me in your mind’s eye to that 10 K race. There you are at the finish line. Yes, the cloud of witnesses is shouting at you. Some are cheering you on, urging you to finish what you set out to do. Others are pointing accusing fingers, “I knew you’d fail, I knew you’d fail.”
But don’t look or listen just to the sidelines. Look up, look ahead, for someone has been there before you. You are not the first across the line, but you’re a winner anyway:
Let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. … Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.
