Someone we all know

"you will be judged"

Matthew 7:2

I have a friend, maybe you know her too.  And I'm sorry to say I've been getting a little irritated with her lately.  I've been praying for patience and sensitivity. 

It's just that.... well, she's very self-involved.  Every time we talk, the conversation is all about her.  When I see her, she never wants to know what's going on in my life.  Oh, I may get in a little about myself, but I know she's thinking about everything from her point of view.

She also talks a lot.  I'm not really a talker.  {Perhaps you've noticed; I'm a writer.}  This isn't to say I don't enjoy conversing, but I have my limits.  And apparently I reach mine before she reaches hers. 

She can be annoyingly melodramatic, too.  So often she's without perspective.  Things go wrong in her life and she acts like it's the end of the world. 

And don't get me started on her sarcasm.  Biting, sometimes.  I know she thinks she's kidding, but it doesn't always come off that way, y'know?

And I've seen her interacting with her family ~ it's not pretty sometimes.  These are the people she supposedly loves, but she is abrupt with them; interrupts them and treats them as if they are unimportant. 

She's also rather short-tempered.  A word or a seemingly small incident in her life can set her off ~ and then look out for that sarcasm.

She can be thoughtless when it comes to written communication.  I've sent her emails asking her questions, and never gotten a reply.  Or maybe I'll just let her know I'm thinking about her, and she doesn't even respond or acknowledge. 

So I guess that, in conclusion, I -- excuse me, let me just check something. 

Oh.  My mistake.  That was a mirror. 

Never mind.

~ "Hypocrite!

   First remove the plank from your own eye,

and they you will see clearly

      to remove the speck from your brother's eye." ~

Matthew 7:5

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