“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. – Matthew 7:1-5
We are often quick to judge one another according to our own standards. We view other people’s problems with the “this could never happen to me” attitude. The truth is everyone has their own messes they must deal and live with – the messes are just different. At best, we get to choose the mess we want to live with! There is no one without issues – married people have issues; single people have issues, parents have issues and those without kids have issues. The young have complaints and the old have problems. With a variety of life’s positions comes a variety of issues; it is simply the grace of God that allows anyone to stand.
We must be careful not to fall into the trap of thinking we are smarter or better informed than those that have to live through more conspicuous problems. If all life’s challenges we experience and dysfunctions that we possess is displayed for all to see, it is more than likely that we will realize that we are not as great as we think we are.
Rather than point fingers at others, discussing their afflictions to make us feel better about our not-so-great lives, It is important that we live our lives with the “there but for the grace of God go I” mentality. Let us be in a position to encourage one another, bear one another burdens and hold one another up, applying the same kind of grace and mercy afforded to us by God.
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