dailydatewithgod

There are so many categories and labels that are both consistent and varied it may be hard to keep track.  It all boils down to which ones we need to know. It helps us to be able to categorize and place value otherwise we would simply be overwhelmed by all the information we are receiving. Therefore the ability to judge is a good thing and a very human thing.  But like all things good there is a flip side.  Most people who are attempting to better themselves or be more spiritual would say they are seeking to be nonjudgmental. I am not sure this is possible.  It seems to be part of the mechanism of what it means to be a living human being.  Judgment is simply a label that we use perhaps incorrectly to mean things like excluding, hold against, make wrong, and so on.  The ability to judge something is inherent, it is what we do with the judgment that matters.  All kinds of things go through our minds, but it is what we take into action that is evidence of who we are being.   I can have a tremendous judgment about how someone is dressed or an idea that he or she expressed.  It may even ascertain that my thinking or dressing is better or worse than the other person’s.  None of these judgments matter unless I treat the people differently as a result of it. God invites us to join the power of our hearts with our minds’ ability to judge so we do not allow them to fall into the good or bad bin and dictate our behavior from the space of lack of perspective. If we could not judge, we would have no way of knowing what to think of our behavior upon reflection and therefore not be able to improve.