Judge Not

I can think of no admonition in the Bible that is more likely to be broken than the simple words:

JUDGE NOT.

Even Christians who try hard to keep other commandments find themselves (MOI in particular) guilty of this simple injunction.

It is just so very difficult to NOT JUDGE.

I am guilty of it.

I don't want to be, but i find myself being judge and jury so very often.

"Why would she, as a mother, even think of doing....."

"I don't understand why she would run off when she practically Begged him to marry her..."

"If they don't have the money, they have no business buying...."

"I can't believe she wore that to give her lesson....."

That message is given in church so often...

DO NOT JUDGE.

But, rarely is an alternative to judging presented.  So, we don't know how

TO NOT JUDGE.

I have done this on several occasions;; it works (but only when I remember to do it!)

When I find myself starting to think...

WHY.... or SHE SHOULDN"T

I immediately say something positive and counteract the judgment statement...

"That's a lovely shade of pink she chose to wear today."

or

"It's difficult to be a mother...I'm sure she is trying to do what she thinks is best."

Okay, so I do try to

NOT JUDGE.

But, I don't always succeed.

It's one of those things, I will just have to keep working on....

Another one of the MANY things I need to work on.