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Don't Judge, Help Flourish

It has been way too long since I've written last. Life has been so hectic both pre and post pageant. Two weeks later and I'm finally seeming to get back in the swing of things! Today I want to talk about a verse that I have read repeatedly and put a lot of thought into lately. John 7:8 says as s9ome men were confronting a women of adultery, "Let any one who has never sinned cast the first stone at her." We serve a forgiving God. The woman in this story knew she was wrong and God knew that so as these men are running to God basically tattling on her. He tells them "let any one who has sinned." The key words here are "never sinned", he's telling us for one, that if he the God of the universe is gracious enough to forgive, then who are we to not do the same? He's also saying ,you know what, yes this woman has sinned, but look in the mirror because so have all of you. It says in the story that as soon as he said the words as mentioned above, the men left. They knew that they had sinned and therefore had no right to further pursue her. I feel like we need to apply this to our lives. Life is so full of judgement towards us but also if were honest we often times inflict it on others as well. When we want to judge someone we need to remember that we aren't perfect either and instead of being inflictors of judgement, we need to be offerors of forgiveness, friendship and love. I learned a lot at the pageant I recently attended about judgement, it was so easy to not just judge others but judge myself in comparison to others. We all need to remember that we were placed her with individual gifts for an induvial purpose and to thrive we need to build each other up. We all have our own purpose and God has his own plan for our lives, isn't it much more fulfilling to help someone else's life and plan flourish rather then judging them and ourselves constantly?
Next time you have a temptation to judge someone, choose instead to help them flourish, be a guiding light in there lives, lift them up and help them fly, and surround yourself with people who want you too fly too<3.

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