On Judgement

Judgment
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone” –GOD [[himself]]
Too many people ignore this very important quotation when skimming, or even reading the bible in depth for intense meaning… While some miss it unintentionally, others can quote it to you as clear as a crystal and still blatantly overlook its meaning…
Plainly put, what this phrase means (since so many seem to be fuzzy on it) is that the only person who should be doing the condemning, and the damning, and the judging is the person who has never EVER sinned. That includes sinful thoughts, sinful intentions, and certainly sinful actions. And because each of us has sinned, and we have all fallen short of HIS glory… that means none of us are adequately equipped to be pebble tossers. And yet we do it… daily…
People religiously take the bible out of context and use it for the advancement of their own selfish motives, when in reality none of us are in a better position than any other. And what is more, in our strive toward being more Christ-like, we tend to walk farther and farther away from the marks that he has set forth for us to follow. The bible, should most definitely studied... yes. However, studying in this sense is the same as it is in any other. It is personal and sacred. What makes sense to you likely won’t make sense to the next person because all of his/her experiences to date have been completely different than your own. And in light of that, the way that they perceive, connect to, or learn from the bible will be totally different than your way. Therefore, discussing your views is not the problem …and if it were, this blog and these thoughts would be completely irrelevant and as such nonexistent. However, most of us don’t just leave it there. Most of us take our interpretation and spread it around as will… and impose upon the beliefs or actions of others with it until they buckle down and agree to see it our way. But what gives us the right? Freedom of speech? Pursuit of life, liberty and justice? Free will?? Choose carefully but know that doing any of the above in the name of any of the aforementioned breaks one VERY cardinal rule… all of these things are fine as long as they don’t over-infringe upon the same rights and liberties awarded to others. And this is where it gets dicey.
Clearly, there are some things that the bible mandates that we never do… we are not to kill… we are not to steal… we are not to put any god above the most high… But even all of these things, we don’t acknowledge doing DAILY… HOURLY… BY THE MINUTE… not when it happens to be us anyway. No no no… it’s acceptable or passable as something else then. But as SOON as it is someone else, the buck stops and punishment is mandated without query. Why? Because what’s okay for us is NOT necessarily okay for them… WHY? Because they didn’t see it the way we saw it when we did it… Right? LAME!
All I am saying is that it is okay to have opinions; it is even okay to voice those opinions. But it is not okay to belittle the same opinions or thoughts or behaviors of someone else because they made a choice that we wouldn’t have. “It is more important to be kind to others than to be right”… and more importantly… as easy as it is to do, never forget the mercy and compassion you hoped and will continue to hope that others show you when your vision is hazy and your decision-making skills are not at their best. It happens to us all, so show a little compassion. Especially because it could always go the other way… it could always be you finding yourself in that position again.
What I find to be the funniest about this all [[not funny har har… more like funny interesting/ironic]] is that the one person or being who is sin free… the one who is equipped to toss pebbles, is NOT doing so and never has. Instead, he sent life to take it away and shed blood so that we could be spared for our petty and not so petty indiscretions. We always miss that too though during our strive toward being more Christ-like. We forget that we are CONSTANTLY being loved for ourselves and in spite of ourselves and that regardless of the sin and its magnitude… mercy is re-awarded every single morning and with every single changing day. That’s the massive point. That’s what we are expected to take away from it all … and yet we don’t…
But we need to try….