Life Recovery

Judging

bratsjourney | April 16, 2007 21:05

Have you ever judged someone by their looks?

I am ashamed to say this, but I have.  The scary thing is I've done it without thinking about it.  I look at someone and a judging thought goes through my head before I can stop it.  I always hear the Spirit tell me that is wrong immediately after the fleeting thought passes. 

I think about myself.  If someone saw me and didn't know me, what would the first impression be of me?  She's Old!  Yeah, ok, I have gray hair.  Do I frown?  Am I approachable?  Am I the same person at work as I am at church?   Hmmm, yes, sometimes, and no. 

I do have a reputation of being a tough, take no garbage from anyone, type of person.  I have been this way a long time.  Now that I have accepted Christ I want to behave in such a way that Jesus spills out from me.  That isn't an easy thing for me.  It takes a conscious effort on my part to continually surrender to God's will and not take control when it is convenient for me.    It's really hard at work.  The minute I walk in the door, a change comes over me that I don't like.  It feels like a dark cloud of doom and misery.  I spend alot of time praying to God to help me get through the day in His Honor. 

It's difficult when one of the owners has delusions of grandeur.  He is constantly boastful of himself and his possessions.  The other owner is the total opposite.  With the Lord by my side, I am trying to tell them about Jesus, through my actions.  They aren't willing to hear it through words ... yet.  There are times I fall, but He is always there to pick me up.

As for my fleeting thoughts of judgement, I listen to God when he tells me, "It isn't your place to judge that person.  You don't even know them," and ask for His forgiveness, again.

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