A reminder
for today
"Do
not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treated as you
treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will
be judged.” (Matthew 7:1)
Judging other is something that comes so easily for us. This
weekend I made exactly that mistake. You see when I got home on Saturday my
neighbour had a lot of people over and was starting a huge party. I was looking on
from the outside and made up my mind that this was there just to annoy me and I
do not like noise. So in spite of trying to understand I judged immediately. The
next day I decided that I will not stand for this so I confronted my neighbour
only to find out that it was his birthday and a once off celebration plus he
tried to warn the people that there will be noise and because I work late and
leave early, he could not tell me in advance.
So I judged incorrectly. But how many of us make the same
mistake every day. We judge without trying to understand or accept or forgive. It
made me think how I was judged by other and maybe still is and how people
judged a friend of mine by accepting their own ideas and not realising that
there are always two sides to everything. I realised that the past year has changed me in a
way and made me very short-tempered. I am quick to react and very sensitive to
what people say and do. I cannot accept the bullying of someone by people with
just as many flaws and I have a huge problem when people judge, so why do I do
it then?
I had to dig deep and realise that I need to make a few
changes in me. Change always begins with one self.
So today I pray that the Lord will guide our hearts and
free us from judgement and from judging other. I pray that the Lord will guide
us in forgiving and letting go of the things that keeps us from fully living in
His blessings.
Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus
Cheers
Cheers
