I truly enjoy the book "Jesus Calling". Today's reading was about not judging, but it wasn't talking about judging others. It was about not judging ourselves! The first sentence reads, "Stop judging and evaluating yourself, for this is not your role." Whew! I am so happy to read this!
We judge ourselves all the time! Do any of you wonder if some day you will be found out? That you are not as wonderful as people think you are, not as smart or beautiful as people say? We all have flaws and thank goodness for them!
Jesus set the example for not judging. He hang out with the undesirables, those the world judged as unworthy, beneath them. But we are all human. We hurt, we bleed, we rejoice, we cry. You never know if the person sitting next to you at a meeting is struggling with life issues or happy as a lark. We need to be kind to one another. It isn't always easy, especially if we disagree with the other person. Or if they are different from us. Do we volunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter? Do we talk to the person on street asking for money? Or are we "too busy" or afraid.
Judge not and be not judged. That is the goal.
Peace my friends,
Linda
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