Colossians 3:8-9
But now ye also put off all of these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication from out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds.
A post has been brewing in my mind these past weeks, the title above.
Judging people is something we all do in our minds and hearts. It’s what we do.
Judge not lest ye be judged. Jesus warns us that we need to check out our own standards before looking at others.
Lately I’ve seen some mean-spirited judgment among our fellow Christian brotherhood. Whether or not they are RIGHT is beside the point. People make mistakes. It is not our place to shout out judgment to the winds of our current society and its forms of communication.
Whether or not something is provocative is in the eye of the beholder. Gray areas are gray areas. I believe this pertains to people who are going through crisis more. Grief and trauma really mess up normalcy.
God is a God of grace and mercy. He is the supreme judge and He WILL judge. We are accountable to Him, and thankfully He is forgiving, even when we mess up in our trauma or profound grief.
Public figures have, of course, a higher standard to meet, but they are sinners and weak, compromised and trodden down as we all are.
Grace is certainly not a license to sin. I’m sad to see so many stoop to the lows of foul language. I want to shout,”Cut it out!”
I am sad to see people drop judgment on those that are suffering already. Cut it out!
I want to see people acting righteously and uprightly 100 percent of the time, but I know we are all sinners. We all mess up.
Keep your judgment to yourself. I need to cut it out….
I know that I messed up in my trauma and grief, without any intention of doing so. Sometimes it just happened. It may have looked bad to someone watching. It was completely random! I remember at least one specific situation. I still regret it, but it was completely random. I am thankful that I was the one who had the regrets and no one else seemed to witness my failure. I would have been judged.
It’s between me and the Lord. He knows the whole situation, all the angles, all the intent.
May we all be willing to discern right from wrong, watch for a fitting time to teach, refrain from public judgment, and forgive.
The Holy Spirit is a gentle teacher. He is far more gentle than most of us.
May Jesus come soon and save us from ourselves, save us from the judgment of those around us.
MARANATHA!