Drop the Stones

1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there.
John 8:1-9


It is so easy to judge what people do. We think we would handle situations "better" and what not. Sometimes we even look down on people for their sins and think worse of them; however, God sees all sins the same. In the story in John the people are wanting to stone the woman because she committed adultery. Then Jesus comes on the scene and says "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." Soon everyone began to drop their stones. Nowadays people aren't stoned, but metaphorically we still have stones in our hands and are ready to throw them. We have all sinned and since God sees all sins the same we need to stop being so critical of other people and instead show the love of God, the love that Jesus had for that woman and to stand up for her even if she didn't really deserve it.