Daily Reflection for October 16, 2024

One day when he was sitting in front of the church, the brethren were consulting him about their thoughts. One of the old men who saw it became a prey to jealousy and said to him, “John, your vessel is full of poison.” Abba John said to him, “That is very true, Abba; and you have said that when you only see the outside, but if you were able to see the inside, too, what would you say then?”

How often we judge others! It is only God who sees the heart.