Just realised i didn't answer the question
if that was an essay, I would have failed.
But don't get me started.
I'm not too sure it's a THIN line between judgment and discernment.
can we judge actions and not people?
uh...
maybe judgment is the wrong word
mocho-chino-emo-po-pomos might say what's right for you is right for you... and what's ice-cream for me is lactose-intolerant-torture for you...
I'm not all about that. I think there's a bit of black and white in this grey, grey world. But hey, that's just what *I* think... aw carp
Let's get hypothetical on this...
If I do something that someone else thinks and feels and knows is wrong (and they've got scripture on their side)... I would hope that they wouldn't just say 'your wrong, you loser'... Ideally, God would tell me himself... but maybe we've got a time constraint going on here and I'm speaking to a full auditorium of people (hey, I can dream - but in this hypothetical I've got all my clothes on - whoah, this is going nowhere good fast)..
a-hem... So I'm saying wrong stuff
Moch knows it...
I'm still talking so there's no time for discussion...
So, does Moch...
a) pray his little heart out that God will give me sudden discernment and that the ears of the people will be deaf to anything that's not from God???
or b) grab some organisee person, scrounge up some spiritual leaders in 17 seconds and ask for me to be kindly escorted from the platform as Guy Sebastian takes his place to sing 'What a wonderful world'?
Meh, I dunno
Should I 'wrong' and 'right' the actions of others... or pray... or both?
I felt really, really, really, really, really (you get the point) convicted about having nasty judgment in my heart about a situation i was in within a group of friends in high school... it was ridiculously clear to me what was 'right' and what was 'wrong' and I lessened my love accordingly.
I caught myself in a moment a couple of years ago where it hit me
"do you realise how easily you could be in the same *afformentioned situation*?"
holy carp!
I'm human!
and i need love and those high school humans all need love and we all need love
call me trite or whatever... (I will answer to both)
but this is all i can think right now
blessings on yer hearts!
-rach
But don't get me started.
I'm not too sure it's a THIN line between judgment and discernment.
can we judge actions and not people?
uh...
maybe judgment is the wrong word
mocho-chino-emo-po-pomos might say what's right for you is right for you... and what's ice-cream for me is lactose-intolerant-torture for you...
I'm not all about that. I think there's a bit of black and white in this grey, grey world. But hey, that's just what *I* think... aw carp
Let's get hypothetical on this...
If I do something that someone else thinks and feels and knows is wrong (and they've got scripture on their side)... I would hope that they wouldn't just say 'your wrong, you loser'... Ideally, God would tell me himself... but maybe we've got a time constraint going on here and I'm speaking to a full auditorium of people (hey, I can dream - but in this hypothetical I've got all my clothes on - whoah, this is going nowhere good fast)..
a-hem... So I'm saying wrong stuff
Moch knows it...
I'm still talking so there's no time for discussion...
So, does Moch...
a) pray his little heart out that God will give me sudden discernment and that the ears of the people will be deaf to anything that's not from God???
or b) grab some organisee person, scrounge up some spiritual leaders in 17 seconds and ask for me to be kindly escorted from the platform as Guy Sebastian takes his place to sing 'What a wonderful world'?
Meh, I dunno
Should I 'wrong' and 'right' the actions of others... or pray... or both?
I felt really, really, really, really, really (you get the point) convicted about having nasty judgment in my heart about a situation i was in within a group of friends in high school... it was ridiculously clear to me what was 'right' and what was 'wrong' and I lessened my love accordingly.
I caught myself in a moment a couple of years ago where it hit me
"do you realise how easily you could be in the same *afformentioned situation*?"
holy carp!
I'm human!
and i need love and those high school humans all need love and we all need love
call me trite or whatever... (I will answer to both)
but this is all i can think right now
blessings on yer hearts!
-rach
posted by Fat_Justice at 12:34 AM
3 Comments:
You're on the right track. Hey and it's a long one, and with every step we learn more about ourselves and our ability to discern right from wrong.
The Word judges, and unfortunately we judge. However, don't get hung up on it. God knows that we're going to judge before we do. God's grace is awesome. I guess we need to be consistantly and prayerfully considering what we're thinking or doing.
You know God provides you with what's right and wrong. Judgement Discernment does it really matter? I don't think so.....We're all guilty and full short of the mark.
We know what's right in our heart, because God placed the truth there. We just continue to stuff up.
Really the Christian walk is about our ability to live and demonstrate grace to a lost world.
Yes and even when we stuff up, we need to show grace towards ourselves.
Thats the hard part.
The goodnews is...
God gave us the best model in the world to follow "Jesus Christ" we just have to keep journeying towards that Christ likeness.
A lot of waffle hope it makes sense.
Hey Rach,
I'm naturally a very judgmental person and I'm trying to deal with this & be less judgemental etc, but spiritual discernment is one of my strongest Spirtual gifts. Quite often God will give me a word for someone, that if i said it out of my own spirit would be judgemental, but I've learnt that if its through His Spirit, its for guidance and reasons of love. When this happens you do know it's different - there is a big difference!
Its all very interesting, and I've learned to trust in the Holy Spirit and His guidance/teaching it's all about love and grace - He wants us to have eternity in our future but the difference with Him and us is we do things with sin in our genetics, His is pure love - no judgement just yet!!
AN answer (maybe), is to deny ourselves and live only in the Spirit, let God shine though us - if He posseses us totally we (our natural self) doesn't have a say. Less of us & more of Him. Its a life long journey I suspect! lol.
Hope to catch ya around again soon. All the best with your studies.
Hey whatever! I'm whoever. And I know that some of the carp I say goes nowhere. But when I Know something is fishy as carp, I have to be honest about what's in my heart. Then it's up to the recipient to either take it or leave it, or punch me in the face for my opinion. (Of course, if I can share my heart with an attitude of love, I can say some harsh things and they still come out sweet as honey somehow.)
Be true to Jesus, and what He lays on your heart....like God said to Jeremiah or Isaiah or one of them or maybe all of them...."your job is to share My heart with the people. Their response is up to them."
Much love, sister!
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