Dear Ones,
Hope you have a prayerful day! I plan to go to my exercise class, to Creative Crafts, and later to church for Bible study on Hebrews.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
We are told not to judge others (Matt.7:7) for we have one judge and that is the Lord, not us! If we really are in touch with our own selves, we will discover we have no cause to judge others as there is plenty that needs correction in our own lives. But if we choose to judge we will not have inner peace or rest for we only need to be reminded of our own sins. In fact, psychologists tell us when we hard on others in judgment we are really projecting our own shadow side and not facing our inner truth. It’s like a mirror of ourselves and passing judgment on the very things that we are blind to in our own lives.

We need to stop judging others while not owning up to our own sins. Father Pior who heard others passing judgment on another carried a sack of sand on his shoulder and at the same time carried a little basket with a small amount of sand in front of him. When asked the meaning of his behavior he said that the big sack was his sins that he put them behind him so he wouldn’t think of them or weep over them and the little bag was the few errors of this man that he had used many words to condemn him by. But he followed with that it is not right to do that. We should all carry our own bag in front of us and ask God’s forgiveness and of course keep the bag of others behind us and not dwell on them.

But when others sin, it is far better to pray for the person and at the same time remember that we also can fall into temptation and do the very things we are judging others of. How much better to win them over to God’s love and grace. If we are honest before God and open to self-knowledge, we will end up being compassionate, for we know that “There for the grace of God, go I. “

Challenge for today: The next time you are tempted to judge someone, ask the Lord to show you your own heart and then repent.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy