Judge Judy
Have you watched the take-offs from “The People’s Court” lately. Of course, the most famous was Judge Judy. She has been on air for years. She got there because she has always been an outspoken Judge – when she actual sat as a Family Court Judge. She has little patience for people meandering to get to the cause of an issue and get beyond it. We often mistake our attitudes towards people as being something where we want to get to the truth when we are really looking for evidence after we have already convicted someone in our mind. Our judgmentalism is not seeking justice, but rather excluding others from a relationship unfairly.
We have all had it done to us, have we not? Someone decides that we are the scourge of the earth because we did something that they did not do? We have done it to others as well. One of the greatest examples I have of that is how many have left churches because they felt the all-present stare of eyes and whispers that doubted their relationship with God – or disapproved of how they lived their lives. Many of those same people that have been excluded from those churches in turn buy into the greatest lie they will ever believe. They think that their own attitudes of hate, bigotry and being judgmental are OK because it was done to them first – or worse yet they are so dense that they do not realize that they are just a bunch of bitter hateful people that see themselves as superior to others.
Being judgmental does not affect just one area of a person’s life. If you are seeking reasons to find fault with someone you will be able to find enough reasons. Yet, when you are doing that you are intentionally excluding God from your life – and eventually most other people as well. Too often we do not see that he attitude that we have towards others and what we see is actually a reflection of the depravity that we have within our hearts and souls. We just pick on things that we think shows that they are weak and unworthy and act as though we are God’s fruit inspectors.
“Justice with an Attitude!” is the tagline for Judge Judy. She cuts through stuff in a gruff and often rough manner, but the intent is for people to own their own behaviors and move forward. It is in many ways a sense of tough love that bring people to a place where they can own their own lives.
Most people, however, dispense with any justice and just have an ATTITUDE. They have no intention of teaching, helping people better their lives or move beyond a conflict. They just want to sit up and appear to be superior to the people that they are looking down upon. They actively exclude people from their lives and areas because they have no willingness to find a way for a person to transform.
This week do you have an attitude, but have little justice, mercy or grace for others? If you are such then you may just be the problem yourself. Find a way to have grace and mercy so that you will not become an icon of hatefulness and bitterness this week.
We have all had it done to us, have we not? Someone decides that we are the scourge of the earth because we did something that they did not do? We have done it to others as well. One of the greatest examples I have of that is how many have left churches because they felt the all-present stare of eyes and whispers that doubted their relationship with God – or disapproved of how they lived their lives. Many of those same people that have been excluded from those churches in turn buy into the greatest lie they will ever believe. They think that their own attitudes of hate, bigotry and being judgmental are OK because it was done to them first – or worse yet they are so dense that they do not realize that they are just a bunch of bitter hateful people that see themselves as superior to others.
Being judgmental does not affect just one area of a person’s life. If you are seeking reasons to find fault with someone you will be able to find enough reasons. Yet, when you are doing that you are intentionally excluding God from your life – and eventually most other people as well. Too often we do not see that he attitude that we have towards others and what we see is actually a reflection of the depravity that we have within our hearts and souls. We just pick on things that we think shows that they are weak and unworthy and act as though we are God’s fruit inspectors.
“Justice with an Attitude!” is the tagline for Judge Judy. She cuts through stuff in a gruff and often rough manner, but the intent is for people to own their own behaviors and move forward. It is in many ways a sense of tough love that bring people to a place where they can own their own lives.
Most people, however, dispense with any justice and just have an ATTITUDE. They have no intention of teaching, helping people better their lives or move beyond a conflict. They just want to sit up and appear to be superior to the people that they are looking down upon. They actively exclude people from their lives and areas because they have no willingness to find a way for a person to transform.
This week do you have an attitude, but have little justice, mercy or grace for others? If you are such then you may just be the problem yourself. Find a way to have grace and mercy so that you will not become an icon of hatefulness and bitterness this week.
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