In My Own Eyes

I've mentioned before, and some of the conversations I have had with friends lately, have caused me to ask, "How do people get wrapped up in some of these things?" I'm not calling any names but those sects that require me to sign contracts and to forsake my family and hold me hostage in a "compound", how do people fall for those lies?

The other question I have is about those running those sects: how do they justify their actions? Some of what they do, to me, is nothing short of kidnapping, brainwashing, assault, extortion, just to name a few. So, how do they justify what they do? How do they think what they are doing is right?

Today's word is Proverbs 16:2, NLT, which reads, "People may be pure in their own eyes, but the LORD examines their motives."

Those leading these sects "think" they are right and justified "in their own eyes". But, I don't think GOD condones many of their actions. It doesn't seem that their actions are pure and intended to help people become better people. It appears to me that their motives are to manipulate, intimidate, violate, and subjugate others for their own evil gain. While they might try to justify it in their own eyes, the LORD knows their true motives.

I really try to be more conscious of what I am doing and why I am doing them. I really try to watch my motivation to see if they are pure; and, sometimes, they are not. I want to be pleasing to the LORD, not just pure in my own eyes.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T