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 and 1-31-2022
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