Matthew 7:1-6
Judging Others
1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3 “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? 4 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? 5 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.
6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
When I think about how I judge others, I would like to say I do not...Sometimes I have said things that only later did I realize it was a judging of others...If I comment on someone's car, the cleanliness of their house, the tear in their pants, how they dress, about their hairstyle, or one of many other things, I have made a judgment of them on something I maybe do not like, or think their ways and ideas should be closer to mine, or more like mine...It is much easier for me to see my neighbor's faults, than it is to see my own...Judging others is easier than judging myself -or else why would I do it...
It seems like judging others is easier (I do not know why this is), and so it is easier sometimes to think that some of Jesus' Parables and certain teachings were for others...All of them are for me...I am supposed to learn from all of them...