"Rafter"

I cannot understand

The rafter in my eye

No matter what I do

Or just how hard I try

It always seems to grow

Though I keep working hard

I pull all straws I see

With love and deep regard

So if I always help

Remove the straws I find

Why does my rafter grow

When I have been so kind?

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- written several years ago about Mt.7:1-5 -