REASONING
Sirach 27:4-7
When a sieve is shaken, the refuse remains;
So a man's filth remains in the way he reasons.
As a furnace tests a potter's vessels,
So the test of a man is in the way he reasons.
As fruit reveals how a tree is cultivated,
So a man's reasoning process reveals his heart.
Do not praise a man before he reveals the way he reasons,
For this is the way a man is tested.
Personal Challenge
Here in Sirach, we are reminded to not take a person's actions or thoughts into account on first impressions, but to study and understand how he, or she, reasons to get to that point. This is what reveals the true nature of their heart. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!
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