Judging Others

You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things...God will give to each person according to what he has done. There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For God does not show favoritism. -Romans 2:1, 6-11

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I have bittersweet reading about these verses; I love the truth of the verses, but also feel that I have been very guilty of judging others on many occasions.

Something I have heard my mother say on many occasions that we often compare others' worst moments to our best intentions, or others' best moments to our best days. We are seldom fair in our judgements, but it gives me comfort to know that God shows no favoritism. He judges not based on others' performance, but purely our own faults and strengths.

Of course, I know that I could never measure up to God's standards. That's why God sent Jesus for us fallen children. But that is a different topic for a different post.