The log

Have you ever had a friend, or frenemy who tried to fix your problem, when you know they have unresolved childrearing, or relationship problems  of their own. 
     Many of us have boarded a plane at one time or another and one of the first things that the stewards tell us is about the oxygen bags. They tell us that if needed, the oxygen masks will drop. Surprisingly, they say put the oxygen mask on yourself first.  Get your own head clear, THEN help others.  As I thought about that I said, "what a metaphor for life!" Get your own mind straight, get your own life straight, before you try to straighten someone else's life out.  The bible tells us to take the log out of our own eyes before we comment on the speck in someone else's eye. Matthew 7:3.
    It is good to be helpful,  but first take care of your own problems so that you are a gleaming example of God's victory.