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So how do I stop judging others and become more accepting?

Please see the post titled The Golden Rule.  And this concludes the article…

Okay so not quite.  It should end there, but it never does.  As cliche as this may be but ask yourself, “What would Jesus do?”  One of the two ways we need to live our life – Do to others what you would want them to do to you. (Luke 6:31 DRA).  Think about what an amazing place this wold be if everyone followed this rule.  Next time you are about to judge someone think about it this way.  Would you want others to judge you?  I think the reply to this question would be a resounding, “No.”  I’m not talking about the way you’re are perceived by others.  I’m talking about you in your entirety consisting both of what people know about you and what they don’t know about you.  We’ve all made mistakes.  I sure have made them and so have you.

I don’t want to be judged, and if I’m going to be judged by anyone it’s going to be God.  May I add that when this day comes it’s going to be a terrifying moment.  I’ve asked for forgiveness a million times, but there are always parts of me that wonder if I’m worthy of God’s forgiveness.  This brings me to my next point.  Let God do the judging.  Jesus made it pretty clear when he said, “Judge not, that you may not be judged, for with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.  And why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye?” (Matthew 7:1-3 DRA).  The nerve people have to judge whether a person is going to hell or not.  Sometimes people need to shut their mouth, and focus on bettering themselves and their relationship with God.  Leave the judgement up to God, and God alone.

Casting judgement never helps a situation either.  There is never a time when this is good for a situation being that it could wind up escalating.  Sometimes it’s good to offer advice for future situations but not judgement.  There is a fine line between the two.  “Maybe that wasn’t such a great idea,” might be something to say just to make it known that what was done wasn’t good.  Sometimes people don’t realize what they did even after the fact.  “You’re a bad person,” would be judgement.  Okay, so no one is going to be that forward with judgement in a situation like this, but it’s to make an honest point.  Well, I guess I shouldn’t say that.  I’m sure a few of you might have grandparents like that. ;)[/fusion_text][fusion_text]


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Don’t Cast Stones!

This leads me to another reference regarding judgement.  This is probably the most famous remark made by Jesus.  “When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”  (John 8:7 DRA).  Talk about putting someone in their place.  This ends the situation.  We’re all sinners of varying degrees.  We all fall short of God.

Another reason to stop judging people is because you have absolutely no idea what that person has been through.  Even if you do know all the circumstances of why a person did something or is the person they are, you still aren’t them, and you can never be in their shoes.  I always try to see from other’s perspectives, but I will never know their perspective.  This can seem a bit daunting to think about, but you can’t say something like, “If this would have happened to me, I would have handled it this way.”  We are all wired differently and something that happened to someone else may affect them much differently than it does to you.[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_2″ last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” hover_type=”none” link=”” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text][/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_text]


[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_3″ last=”no” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” hover_type=”none” link=”” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text][/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”2_3″ last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” hover_type=”none” link=”” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ animation_offset=”” class=”” id=””][fusion_text]I’m going to close out and say that even though I just wrote all this, I still fall short sometimes.  It can be all too easy to cast judgement.  I catch myself doing it here and there.  I’m not proud of it.  I’d like to think that I have definitely improved myself over the years, but I’m imperfect.  Next time I think the question you need to ask yourself is, “Do I want to be judged?”[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]