Monday, April 19, 2010

Matthew 7: 1-4

  1"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For 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? 4How 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? 5You 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. 

 Is it our place to judge others or is it God's place?  Today I was reading through the book of Matthew and realized that so much these days we will just look at someone a say, "Stay away from that person they are this or they are that."  Do we even know that person?  No, part of evangelizing is getting to know someone even if they do not look the way we think they should be.  Leave the judging to the Holy Spirit.  One sibling does not punish the other, that is the parents job.

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