{"id":307,"date":"2012-01-03T03:27:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T19:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mothermaryswords.wordpress.com\/?p=307"},"modified":"2012-01-03T03:27:41","modified_gmt":"2012-01-02T19:27:41","slug":"john-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wrestlingwithyourself\/2012\/01\/john-8\/","title":{"rendered":"John 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mothermaryswords.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/yeshuamount.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-308\" src=\"https:\/\/mothermaryswords.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/yeshuamount.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"300\"><\/a>Removing the judgement of others and yourself will allow the breath of love to be.\u00a0 When we judge others and ourselves we put poison in the tree of life. We weren\u2019t brought here to judge. Judgement comes from our own creation. We create judgement. When we feel separate from the one.\u00a0 That is our own responsibility. Judgement comes from not wanting to understand another. When you take responsibility for your life than you have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=hEo&amp;pwst=1&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=d_8BT5SAI8SdiALT2q2sDg&amp;ved=0CCUQvwUoAQ&amp;q=discernment&amp;spell=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><em>discernment<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 You are able to discern from a loving way.\u00a0 You are able to understand, have compassion, and see clearly.<\/p>\n<p>I love different stories of spiritual lessons. Here is one to sit with from the christian faith.\u00a0 Read it, meditate on it, and see what comes up for you. There is a great lesson here.<\/p>\n<h4>John 8<\/h4>\n<p><sup>1<\/sup> But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.<br>\n<sup>2<\/sup> Now early<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+8%3A1-30&amp;version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26380a\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a<\/a>]<\/sup> in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people came to Him; and He sat down and taught them. <sup>3<\/sup> Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, <sup>4<\/sup> they said to Him, \u201cTeacher, this woman was caught<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote b\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+8%3A1-30&amp;version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26382b\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">b<\/a>]<\/sup> in adultery, in the very act. <sup>5<\/sup> Now Moses, in the law, commanded<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote c\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+8%3A1-30&amp;version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26383c\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">c<\/a>]<\/sup> us that such should be stoned.<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+8%3A1-30&amp;version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26383d\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">d<\/a>]<\/sup> But what do You say?\u201d<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote e\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+8%3A1-30&amp;version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26383e\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">e<\/a>]<\/sup> <sup>6<\/sup> This they said, testing Him, that they might have <em>something<\/em> of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with <em>His<\/em> finger, as though He did not hear.<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote f\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+8%3A1-30&amp;version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26384f\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">f<\/a>]<\/sup><br>\n<sup>7<\/sup> So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote g\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+8%3A1-30&amp;version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26385g\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">g<\/a>]<\/sup> and said to them, \u201cHe who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.\u201d <sup>8<\/sup> And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. <sup>9<\/sup> Then those who heard <em>it,<\/em> being convicted by <em>their<\/em> conscience,<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote h\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+8%3A1-30&amp;version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26387h\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">h<\/a>]<\/sup> went out one by one, beginning with the oldest <em>even<\/em> to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. <sup>10<\/sup> When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her,<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote i\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+8%3A1-30&amp;version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26388i\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">i<\/a>]<\/sup> \u201cWoman, where are those accusers of yours?<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote j\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+8%3A1-30&amp;version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26388j\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">j<\/a>]<\/sup> Has no one condemned you?\u201d<br>\n<sup>11<\/sup> She said, \u201cNo one, Lord.\u201d<br>\nAnd Jesus said to her, \u201cNeither do I condemn you; go and<sup>[<a title=\"See footnote k\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John+8%3A1-30&amp;version=NKJV#fen-NKJV-26389k\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">k<\/a>]<\/sup> sin no more.\u201d<br>\n<sup>12<\/sup> Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, \u201cI am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>Let us give up judgement, condemning ourselves and others.\u00a0 For as light workers, we are here to give that paradigm up. Each of us has made mistakes (sin). Sin only means mistake. So someone makes a mistake, haven\u2019t you too made mistakes. Forgive and move on.\u00a0 Through discernment, you will know what to do. Because it comes from the heart not the head. It is funny that this takes place at MOUNT OLIVES. It is like extending an olive branch to another. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Removing the judgement of others and yourself will allow the breath of love to be.\u00a0 When we judge others and ourselves we put poison in the tree of life. We weren\u2019t brought here to judge. Judgement comes from our own creation. We create judgement. 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