"Good Words from Bo Diddley" - by Rev. Weldon Bares

Have you ever noticed how easy it is for us to spot the faults of others? It is so easy for us to point to the sins of others and talk about how sinful other people are. Nothing could be easier. I am afraid that we sometimes even enjoy doing this.

Jesus gave us a clear warning about this. It was more than a warning; it was an admonition.

In his famous Sermon on the Mount Jesus said, “Take the log out of your own eye and then you will see clearly to remove the speck of dust out of your brother’s eye.” (Matthew 7:5)

John Wooden was one of the greatest coaches in the history of college basketball. He coached his teams at UCLA to a record 10 NCAA championships. Under his leadership, his teams won 88 consecutive games from 1971 to 1974, a college basketball record.

Somebody once asked Coach Wooden to give his opinion of former Indiana coach Bobby Knight.

Coach Wooden said, “I think Bob Knight is an outstanding teacher of the game of basketball. I don't approve of his methods, but I'm not a judge. There is so much bad in the best of us and so much good in the worst of us, that it hardly behooves me to talk about the rest of us.” Coach Wooden was a class act.

Bo Diddley wrote a song in 1957 that Creedence Clearwater Revival later sang and then Eric Clapton. It has the words, “Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.”

Well said, Bo, well said.