Judgement II

“Judging”

People love to judge but hate to be judged. Being judged is inherently an uncomfortable process by which are weighed, willingly or not, and found wanting. It’s a subconscious act, to look at someone and measure up their worth. One of the overwhelming problems with that stems from how we use our own criteria. We are not fit, being inherently flawed, to judge the merit of others. As such, we recognize ourselves and feel discomfort when we are put under the microscope. One of humanity’s favorite means of handling judgment is to deflect it. We make comments and comparisons, suggesting that “so-and-so’s doing this.” Well, by creating the differentiation that someone else is doing worse, it creates the illusion that we’re excused for being slightly less terrible.

You know you’ve done something you shouldn’t have, it can weigh on your conscious as heavily as the earth. That alone doesn’t stop us from pointing out those same flaws in others. Perhaps it’s the feeling that we’re not alone in our faults or that our faults aren’t as serious as they could be that offers us solace. Regardless of the situation, we as humans can’t help but judge and assess with our arbitrary values.

People will say to you, “Oh I don’t judge. I don’t think it’s right.” It’s impossible for that statement to be true. Part of being human is to look at someone else and fit them into your worldview, even if to figure out where you stand in relation to them. Judging is how we reassure ourselves or comfort ourselves. Regardless of intent, we can’t help but judge and we’re all going to find ourselves weighed and wanting called up before God. It may be painful on this Earth, and we can deflect all we want, but when the true Judgement day comes, we’ll all be grateful that Christ is there to stand beside us in our time of weighing.