“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. ” — Matthew 7:1-5

With Jesus, everything comes back to love. The bible tells us that when we live in alignment with His Spirit we will receive His character, and the first listed is love. Have you noticed how it is pretty easy to be judgmental about people we don’t love and pretty hard to love people and keep that judgmental spirit?

I’m painfully aware of my capacity for criticizing others. But when I remove the “log” from my own eye, the “speck” in my neighbor’s eye takes on a whole new perspective. Being mindful of our own shortcomings should automatically remove us from the position of judging others. Jesus commands us to NOT judge others.

How will the world see the Light of the gospel if we don’t do what Jesus said? Wouldn’t it be better if we just did what Jesus said and clean up our own prideful house before we try to tell others how to clean theirs?