Judgement

Timothy cuteness… if he gets pinched, or hits his elbow, or steps on something, etc… any little “owie” he comes to me and points to that part and wants me to kiss it to make it better.  LOL

My friend Renee posted on her blog about people judging her for things that she has done in her past.  It made me think.  

It’s hard to live life trying to live up to the expectations and standards that other people place on us.  It’s even harder to have people judge the things that you have done when they themselves are not perfect.   Of course, these are the same people who would talk behind your back to anyone who might listen, but not speak to you when there is a “problem”.  They are also the same people who would complain loudly about the injustices but do absolutely nothing to help.  

Interesting that even the Bible has something to say about it… James 8:7 “And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone.” “    

No one is without sin.   No one.  No one has the “right” to condemn the choices we make or the things that we do.  Not friends, not family. Those things are between you and God.
 
If forgiveness needs to happen, it should happen between the people involved in the “wrongdoing”.  People outside of the situation might have opinions, and that’s ok, but unless they know the whole story, the one that happened between the people involved, they are not the ones that should be seeking apologies, they are not the ones that should be judging, and they are not the ones who should take it upon themselves to be the one that makes sure that the whole world knows about the things that might or might not have transpired. 

There are people who, because of their judgment, their contempt, and their selfishness will miss out on many blessings, big ones and small ones.   Someday they might look back and wonder why, but by then it might be too late… too much time will have passed… too much hurt… too many stones.

Just something I’ve been thinking about since reading Renee’s post.