Wednesday, July 29, 2015

love and judgment

Love and judgment are mutually exclusive.  The moment we judge someone, we have stopped loving them.

Imagine that I am telling you about a friend of mine and about how wonderful they are.  Your heart is warmed by my description.  Then when you meet them, you see that they are covered with tattoos, piercings and are smoking. 

Your brain automatically recoils in judgment. 

What happened to how your heart was warmed by my description of them?  Our propensity to judge others pushes love right out of the way.

Had our hearts been only filled with love, we would have met the person and not have been surprised or affected by their appearance.

The next time that you catch yourself judging someone, stop yourself and think instead of loving them.  See them as a person.  See them as God sees them.  The moment that we do that, judgment leaves.

Love and judgment are mutually exclusive.  Which one do you want your life to be dominated by?

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

......and the attractive, well mannered or my favorite - "soft talkers" - are usually accepted easily and assumed to be kind, considerate loving individuals .......