Not on our Job Description

It is so easy to judge. You ask someone about someone else and there out comes the judgment, "he's a thief," "he's a liar," etc. But do we have the right to make that judgment? Do we know the circumstances surrounding the act?

When i was a child, all fruit trees looked pretty much the same. They all had leaves, branches, roots, etc. The only times I could really tell them apart was when there were fruits already.

It is like that when we judge. We do not know all the circumstances that lead to an act. People are like icebergs, 90% are hidden from sight. The fruits that show, good or bad, are indications of what lies beneath the surface but we can never really know a person until they share their life experiences.

It is always dangerous, indeed probably wrong, to judge a person.

Let's leave that job up to God.

We should concentrate on love.




Jesus, help me love and not judge so that the fruits i bear will be good and healthy. Let me not judge that I will not be judged.