we all do it. whats the problem? what is so wrong with looking at someone and thinking they are fat or pretty, dirty or nice figured, smelly or well dressed? well, it puts a label on them. and instead of looking at them in love like we should we think of them as fat or pretty, dirty or nice fugured, smelly or well dressed.
i have always struggled with judging. if not on one side then on the other. remember jr high, when our peers would judge based on the clothes you were wearing or what your hair looked like. well sometimes now as an adult i almost feel the same way. only now as an adult it has varied in the type of judging. we now judge based on whether or not this Christian decides it is okay to drink or dance. others judge on what occupation someone has chosen. jenny works at a behavioral health hospital (formerly known as an asylum or mental institution.) you should see the looks she receives from people when she tells someone where she works. some of the comments; "you work there, better you than me, well you are a better person than i." and that is just the comments that i give her.
adults judge a lot and as much as judging has changed has we grow older we sometimes stay where we have always been. some of the comments heard regularly in the church that i work are "hey he is not wearing his sunday best," "our youth pastor sure could use a hair cut," "we really need to pray for _________, they are experiencing a hard time with 'this issue'."
but now as i sit here and write to you about some things on how adults judge, i have just now judged these people in my church for judging others. judging is a trap that we can all be trapped in from time to time.
we need to look at each other as a child of Christ. that i believe is the bottom line.
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