JUST AS GUILTY

"Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."

Matthew 7:1-5
King James Version

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t is time we stop judging others because all of us are guilty at times of not loving others uncondtionally as Jesus has commanded us to love others. We read in the Bible. "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another" (John 13:34).

Before I invited Jesus into my heart to be my Saviour on August 14, 1980, I was not a very nice person. I was hateful and disobedient to my parents and I blamed them for everything bad that happened to me. I was not willing to admit it was my fault and accept the responsibility of my own actions.

Billy Graham said one time "Don't you blame your parents for what you have done. There comes a time in every person's life when he or she makes the decision to do right or wrong". It's a lot easier to blame others for what we do wrong than it is to accept the responsibility for our own actions, isn't it?

My Mother said to me many times "It doesn't matter what I say, you are going to do what you want to do". I think if we will listen with our heart, we will hear Jesus say to us "It doesn't matter what I say, you are going to do what you want to do". Not only did I hurt my Mother, I also hurt Jesus at times and it breaks my heart when I hurt Him.

May God help us to stop hurting Jesus by the way we treat others and the cruel things we say to them. When we say something cruel to someone, we might as well take a knife and plunge it into their heart, it hurts as much. We have doctors who specialize in different things but only Jesus can heal a broken heart.

Heavenly Father, please forgive me for the times I have hurt You, I'm sorry. Thank You for loving us so much that You gave Your beloved Son to die for our sins on the cross. Jesus, I love You so much and one happy day, I will have the privilege of seeing You face to face. How I long for that day. I am going to give You a big hug and try to tell You how much I appreciate You. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Joanne Lowe
July 19, 2020