Wednesday, July 02, 2014

judging on appearance

knowing nothing about them
what they have been through
what they carry in this life
not knowing anything
about their real story
their experiences, their walk

judging on appearance
what we think we see
(for our eyes too can deceive)
only on the outside, the surface
too quick to judge, to gossip,
to fail to share God’s mercy

blinded by the log, the tree,
the plank in our own eye,
never having walked
in our neighbors shoes, their sandals,
never having carried
the burdens that they carry


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July 2, 2014
Matthew 7:3
speck in their eye, log in your eye
Matthew 7:1-5
“Be Careful About Judging Others” (NCV)
Luke 6:37
Upper Room Daily Devotional
“Looking Beyond”
by Sandra Ramirez
for July 2, 2014
read July 2, 2014
Upper Room Daily Devotional
for July and August 2014
&
Post by Upper Room Devotional Guide to their Facebook today:
“God Calls Us to Love Not Judge”
&
I have seen several other pieces on the internet about
the back story to some of the people we judge,
 how we don’t know what they have been through or
are going through.
Here are just a couple:
“See that girl right there…”
&

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