I recently had a conversation with my daughter about judging that prompted me to PAY ATTENTION to that very act. I am very guilty of doing just that. Even in simple things. One recent act comes to mind. I recently attended the funeral of a friend of mine's husband. Throughout the years, I would see their teen aged daughter's boyfriend always hanging out at their house and as she became an adult he was still around often at times my friend was at work and her husband being very sick would not know the young man was there. Yes, I went there. I immediately thought no good as going on in that house. Well, at the funeral I found out that both of these young people abandoned their dreams of college to stay and take care of my friends husband. The young man was not up to no good he was being selfless and taking care of his girlfriend’s father. I felt very small once I found this out. This kid was so broken up at the funeral. I am so conscience of judging now. God gave me the visual I needed to show me His word in action Isn't that wonderful how he does that?
I thought I had the judging thing handled years ago but I guess I really did not. I had the pleasure of going on a field trip years ago when my son was in high school with his Arts Magnet class. The kids going had hair that was not their natural color and piercing here and there. Yes, they were truly different. I knew I was in for an experience, little did I know I was truly taught something. Once boarded on the bus to the field trip journey I began to listen to these kids. Wow the intelligence of the conversation and the amount of talent in one spot blew me away. I truly learned the meaning of not judging the book by its cover. The next time you feel yourself judging, think of this, you do not know the circumstance of that persons situation. You are not the judge, God does a great job of that and he does not need a sous chef helping him.
The bible says, "Judge not to judge so that your will not be judged. For the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standards of measure, it will be measured to you. Matthew 7: 1-2. Whose standards would you like to be judged by?
