For you will be treated as you treat others.
The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.
And why worry about a speck in your friend's eye
when you have a log in your own?
Matthew 7:2-3
I hate to admit it, but I can be rather judgmental at times. I guess it's because at times, I get rather self righteous and think that the sins of others MUST be worse than mine. I wrongly assume that because I read my bible and pray that I must be better than some of my peers. I bet if I took this verse to heart as much as I should, my standard for judging others would be pretty lax, because my life is not sinless, and my eyes can be full of logs sometimes!
I had a great wake up call today. I am very sensitive to when other people make comments about young parents, or children being born out of wedlock. I am very quick to defend myself, or get upset. So today as I had an experience with someone making a hurtful comment (without thinking, I'm sure) I had to stop and be grateful. I was grateful because it knocked me down a peg, and reminded me that I'm not perfect, and I shouldn't expect other people to be. I judge other people, so I deserve to be judged, and until I am faultless, I have no right to be judgmental.
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