Tony Blair and Judgement Day

I'm getting the hang of this. After no entries for weeks here is another one on the same day!

I've loved reading loads of articles about the Blair years. One thing that struck me after reading the judgements by some of the countries most intelligent people is that they all differ in their judgements. Some feel he is the saviour of the NHS others that he is its enemy. Some feel he has turned around education and others that he has stagnated it in red tape and testing. Some feel he has liberated people and others feel he has created a nanny state. Who is right ? Whose view should carry the most weight? Who should he listen to as he tries to reflect on 10 years work.

It struck me that for most of us the opinion of people is very important to us, we constantly seek favourable judgements on our lives by those around us. We think that if we do certain things in the right way we will get a pat on the back for at least trying and hopefully more than that. But people's opinions will always be very different, their perspective will always be personal and never neutral. They will attempt to discern your motives but how can they know why you do the things you do? Do we really know the true motives behind Tony Blair for the last 10 years?

The only true judgement we can count on is that of Christ who knows all things. the only one we should trying to please with our lives is the one to whom we have to give account at the end of the show. He is the only true critic who can write the definitive account of the play that is our lives.

So when we look out to the audience from the stage of life and see the critics sitting with their pens poised, take a look up to the balcony and see Christ looking at you with great love and forgiveness willing you to do well and know he is the only one to whom we have to give account at the end. Waste less emotional time on pleasing others and more time on playing to the balcony. Then we will be able to better serve those we are called to love in life.