CALLED TO LOVE-NOT TO JUDGE

CALLED TO LOVE-NOT TO JUDGE




The other day
I overheard a conversation
Between a man
And a woman


The young man said:
“I don't judge”


And the young woman responded:
“I do judge-I judge myself”


“There is NO PARTIALITY with God” Romans 2:11


“Now-let the fear of the Lord
Be on you


Judge carefully
For with the Lord our God


There is NO INJUSTICE-
Or impartiality-or bribery” 2 Chronicles 19:7


I don't know
What the young man and woman
Were talking about
But the truth is


Judging is NEVER HELPFUL
NOT even when
We are judging ourselves


I found that out
WHEN I was a young man-
I said to my mom and dad,


“WHY weren't you harder on me?”
And they responded:


“NO one could be
Or would be
As hard on you
As you are on yourself”


And the TRUTH is
As CHRISTIANS-and DISCIPLES of Christ
In today's world


OUR job is to
Love God and to
LOVE ONE ANOTHER


It is NEVER TO JUDGE
Each other-or even ourselves


That is God-OUR FATHER'S JOB


Jesus said,
“A new command-
I give to you:
LOVE ONE ANOTHER


As I have loved you
So you must-love one another


By this
EVERYONE will know
That you are my disciples


IF you love one another” John 13:34-35


“Love does NO HARM
To a neighbor


Therefore-LOVE-
Is the FULFILLMENT of the law” Romans 13:10


We are
CALLED to love
Not to judge


Go the extra mile
For one another


For we do not know
WHERE they have been


PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE-
Do not judge one another


“Let the Lord
JUDGE the people” Psalm 7:8


“I care very little
IF I am judged
By you-or any human court


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 Corinthians 4:3-4


HOW OFTEN
do we expect things of others
That we can't
LIVE up to ourselves?


Do we ESTABLISH high standards
For others-and then not help them
Meet our expectations?


Dear Lord-WE PRAY


HELP US to remember
That we are
CALLED TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR


And that judgment
Does-indeed-belong to you


Robert P. Wallman
10-13-15




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Julia Walsh, F.S.P.A.




5-6-2019