Scriptural admonition, “Judge not, that ye be not judged” has at its root compassion. We never know what someone else’s struggle might be. When we see people’s foul behaviors, we are quick to assume the worst about their motives, which leads us to judge them. What if, instead, we are quick to assume their actions are the result of an unmet need, and we let compassion flow over their unlovely deeds to minister to their deeper hurt? We’d both come away from the experience as better individuals. In this way, the very command, “judge not,” while extending compassion to offenders, also offers compassion to us for it shines light on a path that leads to happy endings where we ourselves will not be judged.
Tip/Tidbit: Today, make people with the most unlovely behaviors the target of your compassion.
Tip/Tidbit: Today, make people with the most unlovely behaviors the target of your compassion.
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