Judging

Matthew 7:1-5:
“Do not judge, or you too 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.
“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? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.      


This passage is much easier said than done. Judging someone else is incredibly easy when anything about the other person ticks me off. Even though I know that I'm doing something wrong when I'm ranting in the apartment, I'm not always willing to correct it because I firmly believe that "I am right" and "You are just flat out wrong" and "You're a jerk".


But honestly, it's not my place to judge other people's business even though it's so easy to think that I have a say in whatever is going on. 


It's a hard lesson to learn and I need to constantly pray for forgiveness from God and for kindness and peace in my heart so I don't feel like a ticking bomb whenever I'm annoyed or frustrated.