Judge Jaime Presiding

Today I had an epiphany of sorts.

I am judgemental. And there is no excuse for it.

The fact of the matter is this- I will NEVER know what someone has gone through, what has gone on in their day/week/life,and it is really stupid of me to look at the limited information I do have about them, and make a judgement.

In a society driven by appearance, it is no wonder that I struggle with being judgemental (not making excuses though!) But it's really so silly!

There is a cliche saying "don't judge a man until you walk a mile in his shoes." It's my hope that I can really begin to do that. One of my pet peeves is when people pass judgements on me, but hellooo!! I do it to them.

God is the only one who can and should judge anyone. It's not my place or my job to assume I am capable of doing what only He should do. It's so easy to get caught up in offense,make a judgment, only to discover later how wrong I really was. I think back on some of my "first-impression" experiences with people--those people I judged and didn't like initially are mostly the people I now consider my closest and best friends. I'd say 80% if them I judged horridly wrong.

Being judgemental is an ugly and unfruitful habit. I hope that I can stop.

I rest my case.