Jesus said to his disciples: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.”
Similar to the Our Father’s “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us,” Jesus expresses a rule to live by: if you don’t want to be judged by others or by God, stop judging others.
There is plenty every day that trespasses against my idea of what ought to be done and said. God, help me understand that it is so easy to see the faults in others and the urgency of correcting them when my own faults within me require the greatest attention.
God, I know you see the turmoil that I feel lies in the day ahead. I know you want me to be at peace and trust that if I do what I can and leave the rest to you, I will see the goodness in this day and not twist it into something that is not your will.
Today I pray for the grace to see that my judging is brought into the light so that through God’s grace, it is stopped before it spoken or acted out.