Who is the Judge

Sometimes we are forgetting that we are not the judge and jury of others. We are all human and make mistakes. But (especially Christians) there are times when we look at others and see their many faults, shortcomings and we pass judgment on them based on the many mistakes they make.  Out of our mouths we speak words of forgiveness but in our minds we are thinking “doesn’t matter they will just mess up again”, and in our hearts we are just waiting for that next mistake to come.  Is that truly how Christ wants us to be with each other? I don’t think so. When we accept Him as our Savior, He forgives and forgets. As far as the east is from the west,;that is how far our sins are from us. When He sees us, He sees His blood. So does Satan. Think about it, if we are covered by the blood then even when Satan looks at us to try to destroy us, he can’t, because he can’t cross the blood line. So he plays in our minds and tries to trick us into destroying ourselves.  Satan is the accuser of the brethren. So he gets us to look at the faults of others and before we know we are caught up in that judging and finding our brothers and sisters lacking. Then we start accusing and destroying each other.  This is his plan to stop Christians from being witnesses and saving the lost. He can’t get us so he gets us to attack and destroy each other. We are too busy trying to pluck the splinter out of our brother’s eye that we can’t see the beam in our own. If we as Christians could really grasp this truth, then we would be able to reach those who are lost and need Jesus. We could show the true love of Christ and this is what will draw people to Him.

This week’s lesson learned: I need to look in the mirror at my own faults and leave others alone. If my brother is overtaken by a fault (sin) I will lift them up in prayer and help them not judge and destroy them. I will look for Satan’s plan to destroy and I will not allow my mind to become his playground. I will stay focused on Christ and showing His love to others.

I am so glad that He looked beyond my faults and saw my needs.

God Bless and have a great week.

Time change

I just finished my homework for this quarter of school. I am rejoicing for a short break, even if it is only a week or so. I also just realized that we are changing time again this weekend. I feel like we just set the clocks back an hour and it is already time to set them back up. Time is swiftly passing.  Sometimes time has a way of getting away from me. I make plans, set goals and before I know it the time has come and gone and I got little accomplished. Up until this past week, I have been working a lot of overtime trying frantically to “catch up” and feeling desperately that I am drowning. Finally, I realized, I am only one person and I can only do so much. So I have lightened my load and I am just doing what I have to and if things fall behind (and they have) I will catch up with it sooner or later; As long as the important stuff is done.

          I have to prioritize the important things in life, work, family, God. I have a lot of changes coming ahead for me and I am ready to embrace all that God is calling me to do. I just need to stop and let Him direct the way, instead of trying to figure it out ahead of time. This will be quite a challenge but I am up for it.

       We were able to spend some wonderful time with some dear friends on Sunday afternoon. Singing the old hymns ,reading scriptures and talking about our experiences with the Lord. I had a boatload of homework that I had planned to do but this was a special time that I am so glad I changed my plans for. The brother we were there to visit will soon be going to meet Jesus and when we got there he cried and when I asked if the singing would make him feel better he said yes, he loves the singing so that is how we spent the day. We never know how much time we have to do things with people we love so we should never miss the opportunity to spend with family and friends.

           This week’s Lesson:

Stop and take time to enjoy life and family and serving God and others. Time is passing quickly and the opportunities may pass you by if you are too busy to enjoy them.