Judging Others

This post came from a comment I left on my little brother's blog. This has affected me very recently in my life. It is imperative that we stop judging others. You miss out on some good people and relationships when your life consists of judging everyone. Matthew 7:3 says "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?"

I think it's funny when people say they don't judge anyone. That comment always makes me laugh. It's unfortunate, but it does happen. I myself do it! No where near as much as I used to, but it happens. I had a roommate out here when I first came to CO Springs. I immediately judged her and decided we had nothing in common. We were roomates for 5 months and never hung out once or even had a decent conversation. Now, a little over a year later we are pretty good friends, we play soccer together, text, have good laughs and coach a little boys team together. Stupid me! I missed out on a year of a good friendship.

It also says in Matthew 7 "Do not judge or you will be judged, for in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."

I say that because I had a VERY hard time making friends when I came out here and it took almost a year to realize why. I believe it was because of that situation and it took me to ask God's forgiveness for judging. Now I'm back on track and meeting some great people and lovin it.

I know it happens, but lets make an effort to stop judging one another!