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.
Matthew 7:1-5
I picked this verse after I saw a picture of a tatoo on someone. When I was younger I was not a big fan of tattoos, to the point they bothered me. I still don't get them, but I'm really just indifferent to them now. When I saw that tattoo though, the the verse that came to my mind was the above from Matthew - about not judging. I have found that one of my huge stumbling blocks is that I judge people easily. I have gotten a lot better at not doing that, by just taking a step back. But it's sometimes difficult. So the whole tattoo thing reminded me of how I often need to remember that different people like different things. This is the thought I pass on to you tonight - to think before you judge.
This doesn't mean that we should never have opinions, or that we should never share them. But when we DO share them, we should be doing so from a place of love.
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