Through the Eyes of God
There is often a kind of silence that we try to keep to ourselves in our day to day lives. That silence lies within the deepest parts of our hearts; Not the warmest, but the coldest. This is the part of our heart that is caged and surrounded by darkness. We all have some kind of darkness or weakness or something that aches in our souls. And ya know what's crazy? It's different for everyone.
Hi. Again, this is Alicia, or Ali for short. I'm not going to reveal some big portion of my past because that isn't what I'm trying to accomplish here. What I want to accomplish today is for people to get at least ONE perspective. It doesn't matter what you get from this blog post, but let's hope it's for the right reasons. I put a lot of time and effort in gathering my thoughts together for this.
Going back to our darkest part of our hearts, why do we have a darkness, a secret, or a regret? Obviously we have felt inadequate at some point in our lives, or have been disappointed in ourselves for something we did, perhaps we made a huge mistake we don't know is worth fixing. Whatever it may be, we can get stuck and be afraid to move on from this gunk that's holding us back. So I'm speaking on behalf of those who don't know what to say when they are getting judged on the street for having rags for clothes, when their classmates give them a funny look, or when their parents kick them out for not being the son they expected him to be.
1. You are the most powerful beings in the world. The judged. You suffer through endless torment day and night and at the end of the day, still nobody knows your story. You're a prostitute? You're a sinner and have no feelings. You're poor? You never had the motive to work hard in your life. Whatever it is, people can be relentless and judgmental. And when did certain people become labels? I never understood as a kid and even now, why one person was more valuable than the other (based on social status or whatever it may be)? We need to stop doing this to our brothers and sisters. We should be more loving to them. If anyone can recall when Jesus was in town, you'll remember that he was loving and kind to everyone. The judged are the most powerful because they have suffered the heartache and trial of not only feeling bad for what they have done, but feeling worse for being accused/looked down upon by others. You'd have to be pretty strong to conquer a thing like that.
2. This is Reality. I guess why we can be judgmental at times is because we often don't have an understanding of why. Why somebody would choose a certain path. But maybe that path wasn't chosen by them. Maybe there was no choice. We don't fully understand what somebody is going through unless we've walked through their past experiences/emotions/etc. Only God knows their past, and really, that's all there is to it. And I think sometimes we might fear a person because of what they've done or who they were and we want to be kept in this small bubble where nobody can pop us and fill us up with poisonous, sinful gas. But what we don't realize is that we, as listeners, can be the Angels of freedom in their lives. This is reality. Life is a reality. Let's not live inside a bubble and let's reach out to those who are drowning in their pains and sorrows.
3. Judge in the Right Way. I'm no expert at this either, but we judge people everyday without realizing it. In a high school communication class, we were taught that the smallest things can be a form of judgement: Complimenting someone, or telling someone how well or how horribly they did on an exam, telling someone what they think looks best on them. We all love compliments, but then, even those can throw a person off balance into thinking wrongly of what they have already worn, or if they've done better or worse on another test, or if the compliment they received was only directed towards them in that day. It's hard, and goodness knows we can't get around these types of judgments, but an excess amount of these judgments can really weigh a person down. I have often seen this type of this pressure build up in teens, which can be the most critical and scary time in a person's life. A scripture I think would help is this one -"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment : thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty, but in righteousness thou shalt judge thy neighbor." -Leviticus 19:15
Basically what I got from that was, if you're going to judge a person, don't judge them as if you're the most perfect being of all, because you're NOT. In fact, NOBODY on this planet is. And what makes one sin different from another anyways? Can we all just promise to pay attention to our own mistakes rather than everyone else's? Judge a person in love. Don't care how rich they are, how poor they are, how black, how white...none of that! Get rid of the label, and get to actually know someone before you start making assumptions. Sure we can judge that the actions they did were right or wrong, but not who they are because of it. Because a mistake or a misconception doesn't define a person. But the person's strength to conquer a weakness...well, that goes ways.
And that's really all I came here to say. Judgments are probably, to me, one of the most impact-full to a person. I usually value another person's opinion and if that opinion is directed toward me, I'm going to listen. But not everyone is like that, and if you're not, then you're not. But in reality, we're all dreamers, and we all essentially have the same needs and passions and that's what truly makes us who we are and that's what makes us so connected with each other.
I probably had more to say tonight, but I have this strange feeling I'm going to sound repetitive because my brain can't function normally at nights.Well, goodnight and peace!
Ali :)
Hi. Again, this is Alicia, or Ali for short. I'm not going to reveal some big portion of my past because that isn't what I'm trying to accomplish here. What I want to accomplish today is for people to get at least ONE perspective. It doesn't matter what you get from this blog post, but let's hope it's for the right reasons. I put a lot of time and effort in gathering my thoughts together for this.
Going back to our darkest part of our hearts, why do we have a darkness, a secret, or a regret? Obviously we have felt inadequate at some point in our lives, or have been disappointed in ourselves for something we did, perhaps we made a huge mistake we don't know is worth fixing. Whatever it may be, we can get stuck and be afraid to move on from this gunk that's holding us back. So I'm speaking on behalf of those who don't know what to say when they are getting judged on the street for having rags for clothes, when their classmates give them a funny look, or when their parents kick them out for not being the son they expected him to be.
1. You are the most powerful beings in the world. The judged. You suffer through endless torment day and night and at the end of the day, still nobody knows your story. You're a prostitute? You're a sinner and have no feelings. You're poor? You never had the motive to work hard in your life. Whatever it is, people can be relentless and judgmental. And when did certain people become labels? I never understood as a kid and even now, why one person was more valuable than the other (based on social status or whatever it may be)? We need to stop doing this to our brothers and sisters. We should be more loving to them. If anyone can recall when Jesus was in town, you'll remember that he was loving and kind to everyone. The judged are the most powerful because they have suffered the heartache and trial of not only feeling bad for what they have done, but feeling worse for being accused/looked down upon by others. You'd have to be pretty strong to conquer a thing like that.
2. This is Reality. I guess why we can be judgmental at times is because we often don't have an understanding of why. Why somebody would choose a certain path. But maybe that path wasn't chosen by them. Maybe there was no choice. We don't fully understand what somebody is going through unless we've walked through their past experiences/emotions/etc. Only God knows their past, and really, that's all there is to it. And I think sometimes we might fear a person because of what they've done or who they were and we want to be kept in this small bubble where nobody can pop us and fill us up with poisonous, sinful gas. But what we don't realize is that we, as listeners, can be the Angels of freedom in their lives. This is reality. Life is a reality. Let's not live inside a bubble and let's reach out to those who are drowning in their pains and sorrows.
3. Judge in the Right Way. I'm no expert at this either, but we judge people everyday without realizing it. In a high school communication class, we were taught that the smallest things can be a form of judgement: Complimenting someone, or telling someone how well or how horribly they did on an exam, telling someone what they think looks best on them. We all love compliments, but then, even those can throw a person off balance into thinking wrongly of what they have already worn, or if they've done better or worse on another test, or if the compliment they received was only directed towards them in that day. It's hard, and goodness knows we can't get around these types of judgments, but an excess amount of these judgments can really weigh a person down. I have often seen this type of this pressure build up in teens, which can be the most critical and scary time in a person's life. A scripture I think would help is this one -"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment : thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty, but in righteousness thou shalt judge thy neighbor." -Leviticus 19:15
Basically what I got from that was, if you're going to judge a person, don't judge them as if you're the most perfect being of all, because you're NOT. In fact, NOBODY on this planet is. And what makes one sin different from another anyways? Can we all just promise to pay attention to our own mistakes rather than everyone else's? Judge a person in love. Don't care how rich they are, how poor they are, how black, how white...none of that! Get rid of the label, and get to actually know someone before you start making assumptions. Sure we can judge that the actions they did were right or wrong, but not who they are because of it. Because a mistake or a misconception doesn't define a person. But the person's strength to conquer a weakness...well, that goes ways.
And that's really all I came here to say. Judgments are probably, to me, one of the most impact-full to a person. I usually value another person's opinion and if that opinion is directed toward me, I'm going to listen. But not everyone is like that, and if you're not, then you're not. But in reality, we're all dreamers, and we all essentially have the same needs and passions and that's what truly makes us who we are and that's what makes us so connected with each other.
I probably had more to say tonight, but I have this strange feeling I'm going to sound repetitive because my brain can't function normally at nights.Well, goodnight and peace!
Ali :)
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