I often think about the term christian. What does that term mean? For most people, it means that there are people who wear white shirts, black ties and have the almighty judgment of us facing forward. At least that is the christianity I have been taught.
As a young christian, it took time, but I got a good training in the area of judgment. I was judged many times by those who call themselves christian. So much judgment that it turned me away for a while and made me bitter.
God – in his mercy - saved me again from my self. It was quite a long journey, but I think God finally got to me. Over the past seven years, I have learned not to judge. I have learned not to be bitter when bad things happen. let me tell you – Bad things have happened.
In the grand scheme of things, it really doesn’t matter. Funny. We seem to think we own stuff on this earth. Do we really own it? If I actually owned something, I could take it with me to the next world. I think this is why God gave us the word Stewardship. We need to take care of what we have while here as we will be letting it all go when we die. All this fancy paperwork for a very short stay in this world.
Think about it. Did you know that we live in what is called a cluster? Did you know this cluster is twenty million light years across? This cluster is made up of loosely grouped galaxies – each about 25 thousand light years across. Did you know there are billions of these clusters in the Universe? Think about it for a while. Science cannot tell us how big the Universe is. Or, for that matter, how small the Universe is.
Just considering all the wonder that is out there makes me gape in wonder. I wonder how God can know about me. I wonder why He says he loves me. We are not even a speck in this Universe.
Yet, we judge each other and judge others who don’t believe. Who are we to judge?
How can we be worthy of judging if we don’t even know ourselves that well? here’s what I do know: God has forgiven me. How can I do any less?
