Judging Others vs. Reflecting on Ourselves
Most of the time we dismiss judging others because as Christians we would never dream of this. But often, I am caught inbetween feeling comfortable and feeling uncomfortable. In my perspective the reason we judge people is because we are unwilling to see our own flaws and focus in on others'.
We want to be comfortable. And once we notice a problem in ourselves it's either change it and make ourselves uncomfortable, or we just ignore it and project our frustration on others.
Life is easy when it's comfortable. Life is simple when it's comfortable.
So, we judge because it's easy. If we focus enough on other people's problems than ourselves, then maybe our wish will come true and our problems will go away.
However, Christ said that we should not judge a needle in someone's eye when we have a plank in our own.
It's hard, but when we reflect on ourselves it leads to us becoming more mature and understanding. We then begin to better ourselves and those arounds us. It might be uncomfortable. It might be tough. But in the end it is the most effective. And if we don't judge in return we might also not be judged. It might seem farfetched, but I think that it could happen if little by little we began to understand ourselves.
Wow.. what a thick subject to talk about especially with the female species haha! But you're right this does need to be talked about and not ignored. People need to understand where God is coming from in saying that we are not to judge but we are instead to examine ourselves and make sure we have all our stuff together.
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-This quote I thought was so profound and so true to our society today. If something is wrong in our life we think that there is always someone worse off then us so we can just talk about them which is totally wrong. Interesting thoughts, I like it.
So many times we judge without realizing that we do it. It has become second nature to quickly pin-point the wrong we see or think about a person. It is so sad to admit but the truth of the matter is that we have become so comfortable with ourselves that we then think we’re fine and everyone is wrong. There have been times were I’ve caught myself judging someone and then I think, who am I to judge, who gave me the liberty to talk about that person. We get so caught up with ourselves that we become so self-centered. We don’t care of others and if and when we do we tend to immediately judge. You’re right; Jesus does tell us to examine ourselves instead of focusing on the faults of others. Instead of building each other up we become a stumbling block, not allowing God to use us because we are too comfortable judging others. Our prayer should just as King David, “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts, see if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting”
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