We have a couple choices when we see weakness or failings in others. We can choose to take advantage of the situation by criticizing them and heaping more trouble upon them, so that we can please ourselves in some way. Or we can choose to ignore selfish desires and seek to help the person in their weakness.
Romans 15:1-3 says, “We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, ‘The reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.'” Once again Jesus is our example. He did not live to please himself, but rather took on himself all the weaknesses and failings of us in order to save us and redeem us as His own children. Let us strive in God’s power to build others up.
Reluctant Retiree 