THE ONE WHO JUDGES

THE ONE WHO JUDGES


Dear Lord=this LENT=help us
To REMEMBER=that we are
NOT the ones called upon
To JUDGE=not others=
Not even ourselves


You Lord are
The one who JUDGES


“Stop judging and
You will NOT be judged” Luke 6:37


So the QUESTION that we have
To ASK ourselves is:
WILL we stop judging others?


The answer should be SIMPLE:
“Yes I will” or “NO I won't”


But it really is not
That SIMPLE for us=
There are two questions
That BEG to be asked:


Do I=do we=want to
STOP JUDGING=and secondly
Am I able?


Or have I done it for SO LONG
That we CAN'T STOP judging
Even if we want to


“The people will say=
'SURELY the righteous
Still are rewarded


Surely there is a GOD
Who JUDGES the earth'” Psalm 58:11


“I care very little
IF I am judged by you
Or by any human court
Indeed=I do not
EVEN judge myself


My conscience is CLEAR=
But that does not make
Me innocent


It is the LORD=
Who JUDGES ME” 1 Corinthians4:3-4


“WHEN they hurled
Their insults at him
He did not retaliate


When he SUFERED
he made no threats


Instead he ENTRUSTED himself
To HIM who JUDGES JUSTLY” 1 Peter 2:23


And it is GOD THE FATHER=
It is the Lord=who JUDGES us
All IMPARTIALLY


If we TRUST God our Father
We have NO NEED to worry
About what anyone else might say
About us


It is the LORD=who is
THE ONE WHO JUDGES


But around the world=HUMANS
Like to JUDGE PEOPLE=
We seem like we ALL
Like to judge others
As we judge ourselves


We are NOT OFTEN even fully
Aware=of our INNER JUDGE
That we USE
To judge people


CAN we STOP the judging?
Do we want to?


The Lord is OBJECTIVE
The LORD is IMPARTIAL
It is the Lord who is the
ONE who decides=who is impartial


“But the wisdom
That comes from heaven
Is first of all PURE
Then peace-loving=considerate


Submissive=FULL OF MERCY=and
Good fruit=IMPARTIAL and sincere” James 3:17


In the gospel=today=
Jesus tells us that it is GOD=
Who JUDGES


God offers us MERCY=let us NOT
Worry what others say=ONLY THE LORD


He=the Lord=God our FATHER
Offers us MERCY and FORGIVENESS


He is
THE ONE WHO JUDGES


In Jesus' name and the name of GOD our HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
2-25-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco