judging others.....
It's something we are taught to do from the time
we are born.... so much that
it just becomes something we subconciously.
We are automatically taught to judge what is right..and what is wrong..
what is pretty...and what is ugly...
what is worthy...and what is worthless...
as we get older, we just automatically make these judments.
But what if are wrong??? I have found that things often look
very different underneath the surface of what we see.
We all put our "masks" on, so people very rarely see
who we really are.
So I am trying to "unlearn" immediate judging... and am trying
to learn "immediate" love for people.
That's what Jesus did.... he loved them without judging them.
He came to the woman at the well.. and he loved her. He let her know
that he knew what was under her "mask"... but it was his love she
saw....not his judgement.
He saw who she really was...and still loved her anyway.
I want to do this in my life. To love more...and judge less.
We have all been judged.... and if we are honest with ourselves...
it hurts a lot.
People judge me who do not really know me... they just know the "mask" of
what I want them to see.
And very few people even care about what is underneath the mask...
because that can get messy and require real love...
and people don't really want to get that involved in your life.
But Jesus does.
He sees you.... the "real" you.... not just the mask you wear...
he wants to love you....
he wants to turn your world upside down...
and inside out.
Because he is bigger than our problems... he is bigger than our mistakes...
and I thank him for being a God who loves.
