I know that my Mom loves me, and I know that my husband, and my kids love me, and I know I have friends who love me. But, *I* am nobody important in the big huge world out there. I mean, really. I have opinions, and likes, and dislikes, things that hurt me that might not hurt someone else, and things that people do or say might break my heart even if you think it shouldn’t.
Why is that? OH! It’s because that is the way God made me… and YOU! You don’t have to agree with everything I do or say. You are welcome to objectively, and in an adult way, share your opinions with me about anything that you feel like sharing. Be warned though, *I* will make my own decisions. I will come to my own conclusions, and I will choose my own friends. If that is something that you have a hard time with, I am truly sorry, but I am me. I am the only me that there is. I have only One judge, and He is the only one who is qualified to tell me if something I am doing, a person that I am spending time with, or an opinion that I might have is wrong. The One I am talking about is God. Granted, He might send someone to me to give me another insight, and I will certainly listen, but it is ultimately *my* decision to change or not change my opinions.
Matthew 7 says:” “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.”
It’s pretty cut and dry. Don’t judge others because eventually you will have to account for it. Eventually, I will have to answer for all of the decisions that I make. Do I always make the right ones? Probably not. Do I learn from my mistakes? Most of the time.
I have passions. I have things that I will defend until the day that I die because I believe it is right. If someone I love doesn’t feel the same about those things, that’s ok. I don’t think any less of a person because they believe that abortion or gay marriage is right/wrong, or Obama is a good/bad President, or because they hate cheese. I have many friends who are gay, who have had abortions, who voted or didn’t vote for Obama, and I am sure that I have friends who hate cheese. They are still my friends.
My point is that we are all so different. We all have our own passions, and our own disapprovals. We all have our own “causes” that we pour our hearts into. And we all have our own standards to which we hold ourselves. WE choose the people to share our lives with, and the ones that might only be passing through. WE choose what to believe and who to listen to, and we should be strong enough to make the decision for ourselves.
So… later this evening I’ll have some new pics to post! I know I keep saying that… Ooops!!
:) lookin' good :) and I totally agree, Mel
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