1.Tim 4.

"16 Hab acht auf dich selbst und auf die Lehre; beharre in diesen Stücken! Denn wenn du das tust, wirst du dich selbst retten und die, die dich hören."

After the Amoklauf we discussed in the school RE how to prevent people become like that and become that aggressive. What can we do? Many voices proposed to care more for other people, to talk to people who are alone, be there if others are in need and to be aware of people who might become like that.
So after that many people said that it is needed to care about others there was one person suggesting that we should care about ourselves at first and try to live a satisfying life and than to care about the surrounding people.

There is also a saying that: Wenn jeder um sich kümmert, dann ist für jeden gesorgt (When everyone cares about oneself then no one will be forgotten) Of coarse this saying has some flaws. Because there will always be some people who will have problems to care for themselves properly. What will happen to them? But I think that as long as the word “only” is missing in this saying than it does not say that people do not also care for one another besides caring for themselves.

Often we start to care more about others and do not realize that our life is pretty messy. Until one day something bad or unpredicted happened and we can not cope with the situation at all and start to strange things or becoming depressed. Beside this, how much can you help when your life is messy or unstable? People may not be very happy to receive your help or they do not ask for your help because of your unstable live you may become unreliable to others.

So when you watch your life, your faith (which should be integrated into your life and become your life) and the doctrine, the word of God is your guideline you can not only safe yourself but you will be able to safe and help others by what you are saying and as I think also doing. Because I believe that you can help or save others not only through words but also actions, behavior or attitude. Because either good actions or bad doings will all affect people.

So the phenomena which I wanted to illustrate here is the person who is not caring weather its actions are acceptable before God and man or who will not acknowledge its own problems and just ignores them. So rather caring about others and pointing at their mistakes than improving oneself.
This also is related to the topic of being a good example for others.