So one Saturday morning recently this woman stopped at my gate to beg for help. She lost her job and the side hustle she had because of Covid and she had two boys to feed. What made me pause was when she asked “you don’t judge me?” I said no. How could I judge this mother that was so depressed because she was having a challenge feeding her children. In her shoes might I not have done the same thing? No mother bear can look at her cubs and not find a way to feed them. I asked her why she would say that and she said, others had. That’s when the title of the blog came to me at my gate. Judged not lest you be judged. (Actually the real thing, “Judge not, that ye be not judged” did sound a bit much. 😉).
What gives us the right to judge others? Even worst when you judge do you not expect to be judged according to the same standards? Is it not being hypocritical to expect the standards to be different? It’s interesting to see how persons are willing to judge others but when the shoe is on the other foot they cry foul. Should we really have the right to judge others in our day to day lives? How do we live with ourselves if we are being hypocritical? But then do we think it’s being hypocritical or are we thinking it’s fine? Does it even matter?
When she was leaving she said I can see your blessings on you and for the life of me I don’t know why I said “that’s the blessing coming from my mother and grandmother”. The thing is I believed what I said. They selflessly gave and I think their blessings fell on me and their other offsprings. I am trying to teach my children in a similar fashion, giving is a must. Not giving in the hopes to get back, but giving because that’s what you should do. Well that’s what I was taught.
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The Biblical principle “Judge not, and you will not be judged” reveals to us the connection between God’s mercy, compassion, patience & forgiveness on our sins, in relation to how we relate equally to those that have either wronged us &/or require such mercy, compassion, patience & forgiveness.
A more self explanatory verse would be this one in Romans 2:1-3…”Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?”
I would recommend the reading of the entire Romans ch. 2 for a more detailed explanation.
On another note, there are times honest criticism can be interpreted as being judgmental. This is where someone who have been through a hardship or trial and have overcome having learned some personal and valuable lessons tries to pass on such lessons and experience to someone going through a similar experience, only to be greeted with words like “So you think you’re better than me?”… or…”Stop judging me”, or “Who are you to be telling me what to do? You’re not my dad &/or mother”
In cases like these a person can be interpreted as being judgemental, for simply passing on valuable advice and/or experience to someone, who interprets such information as being a personal attack. This is usually based on some deep personal insecurity on the side of the receiver. Examples of this is commonly observed in relationship cases where a guy may not heed good advice from a girl if she appears too bossy or “mother-like”. The same in cases where a female may not accept honest criticism from a guy if the guy did not use an acceptable “tone”, she would, however, listen to a female friend with an even more aggressive tone.
So in conclusion, I personally believe we all need to honestly assess our motives and actions towards others, as well as our willingness to accept criticism (if true), that way we will be able to discern if someone is being maliciously “judgemental”… or compassionately “blunt”.
God bless
At the end of the day we don’t have the right to judge others and should do our best to not come across as such.
We are only human and it is a struggle but one that we have to try.
The way of man is not that of God’s. Christians are given the right to judge unrighteousness and evil according to God’s Word. Taking the “we don’t have the right to judge others” stand assumes the position of a bystander in the presence of evil. We have to judge evil or evil will spread like a wildfire. It is our right to judge wrong and the Bible makes that very clear…
“Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers” ~ 1 Corinthians 6:2-6
As long as we know we will be judged in the same manner we judge.