Sword

Steve was telling me about a Casting Crowns song today. One of the first lines is, "We cut down people in your name but the sword was never ours to swing."

Understand when I say this that I'm saying it about myself as much as anyone else -- aren't they right? We cut down people. We judge. We point out the flaws (perceived or real) of other people, and I wonder if we sometimes take joy in it.

And yet that is not our calling. "The sword was never ours to swing." How would our relationships change if we did not judge? Would we love more? Help more? Serve more?

And isn't that our calling? The sword is not ours to swing, but loving and serving our our jobs.