Friday, 17 August 2012

  • Slow To Judge

    In our current world we are constantly thrown information.  We have TV, Radio, Internet 24/7 sharing with us the news and commentary about any given topic.

    This is a luxury we have in our society, to quickly get all this information and to determine what's going on in the world.

    The good news is that we are blessed by being able to know what's going on.   The flip side is what we do with this information.

    Suffice it to say when a news item comes to us, we have a tendency to quickly play judge and jury.   We chastise the person or organization without closely examining the facts.

    The 'stone throwing' commences without reflecting upon ourselves as well.

    As a society, let alone as a Christian, it is our responsibility to hold each other accountable.   But this doesn't mean casting stones on one another all the time.   

    We have to encourage one another to do what is right and just.   

    IF someone makes a mistake, we must forgive them.   However, we shouldn't forget what they did either.  We all have to learn from each other's mistakes as well.

    I submit therefore that when something on the news comes to the screen - research the facts before casting judgement.   The story is always bigger than what we are initially presented.

    Please be slow to anger and quick to listen.

    When have you been slow to anger and judgment?  When haven't you been?  Which situation has the more favorable outcome?  Why do you think it's difficult to break the habit of judging others?

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  • xXrEMmUsXx@xanga

    I have purposed to cease judgement. its been very difficult, but my love for people stifles that gratified feeling of judgement.

    It is a calamity, our judgement as a people... it has become one of the top 3 words to define our christian culture... I'm sure though, the rest of the world is just as guilty. But, nonetheless we are the ones called to love first.

    I find that judgements come from insecurities... not all of them... but its a need to find the wrong in things. Judgement is also about discerning the good, but for some reason... that takes a back seat to revealing the greatness in each other.

    I do not think we are called to 'judge' each other in the way we do, parading around with the label "fruit inspector" on our robes. Its as if we demand to be the honor of each other... life is not a courtroom where we decide the right and wrong based on a snap shot of a persons life. Even when I know someone a great deal, I do not find it my job to 'inspect' their decisions but rather be the iron they sharpen against as they, and I, work through trials in life together.
  • supernaturalgreatness@xanga

    Though I don't believe that I am Christian, I like this article.  Most of the Christians that I have known are very judgemental.  I guess that you are right that we should forgive, but sometimes the person you forgive doesn't learn from their mistakes if you do that for them.  That's my observation with past experiences.  I wish that I could forgive the guys who used to beat on me.  I tried at one point.  Part of me wants to believe in your God.  Maybe one day I'll be able to.  Until then, I'll just take the good things from every religion that I researched and believe in A God.  I don't know what religion to follow, but there's good in yours too.
  • Pollypinks@xanga

    I stopped listening to Christian radio, because they act as though they speak for all Christians in the political realm, and I find that religiously offensive.  I had one heck of a time forgiving a baptist  pastor who told me I'd be happier elsewhere once he found out I wasn't voting for George Bush.  That one took years, because, I'd been spiritually fed there, and made really close friends.  It all came to a screeching halt.  And then, slowly over time, I'd run into one of the ladies, usually elderly, and she'd tell me how many women there agreed with me, but were afraid to say anything because of how the preacher would act.  Afraid to talk??????  Can you imagine????  And I realized I had internal support, that they'd prayed for me, that I wasn't far from them, but closer than I thought.  Forgiving my mom for her treatment of me still lingers....She died when I was young and couldn't work things out, and while she died a stauch mormon, I still believe I'll see her someday, and ask her forgiveness for spending a lifetime being angry with her, and not finding love in my heart for her.  My 90 year old dad, who continues to be very controlling, needs my inward forgiveness, because of his age I don't want to sever ties, and he's thoroughly enjoyed all of my female pastor's sermons each week that I email him.  We find common ground through those sermons, but he was a rageholic while I was raised, and we think my brother's eye problems, starting at age 2, came from him shaking him so much.   And yet, my brother has forgiven him, and tells him weekly how very much he loves him.  So I have a long way to go, and really need help from God on this one.
  • ProdigalPat
    By far my biggest struggle is passing judgment, especially internally, and it often happens instantly. Rarely do I carry such feelings around. They tend to disappear as quickly as they entered my mind. I was talking with my girlfriend about this over lunch yesterday after I had sent her a lengthy email about it during the morning. I have a very unhealthy reaction to religiously fed bigotry...people that use their faith to justify their superior position in society. The big one now that everyone pays attention to is homosexual bigotry, but it goes much deeper than that. I see bigotry of race, gender, orientation and pretty much any other way in which people differ everyday...every single day, and it upsets me a great deal. My heart beats faster, my blood pressure shoots up and I start shaking. I try not to pass judgment, using phrases like my girlfriend used yesterday..."it isn't their fault. They were probably raised that way.". Yet, I feel that is incomplete and incorrect if the bigot claims to be a Christian. I feel like this will be a struggle I will be dealing with for a long time to come. I ask God for His help everyday in dealing with it, and helping me to find a way to help those with such warped socitetal views and those affected by them.
  • SheilaJoyce

    Yes, I agree...

    One of my BIGGEST faults, is sensitivety to others comments...taking things far too personal, resulting in such discouragement & therefore negatively encumbers my walk with HIM !

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