I am writing this post at around 4:00 a.m. I'm writing it now because while laying in bed attempting to fall back to sleep after being awaken by my young baby girl I felt inspired. I believe inspired by God.
  I just suddenly out of nowhere found myself thinking about how so often we tend to sit back and judge others. How many times has a person sat back and judged another person for the way they live their life, for choices they have made, or/and for things they have done. But in truth none of us are perfect. We all have sinned. We have all done wrong in the eyes of God for one. We all fall short of what God asks of us. There is no one that is perfect in any way. We all have made mistakes and no doubt will make some throughout our lives. There will be times in each and everyone of our lives and has been if we look back on our own lives that we made bad choices.
  But also in truth not everything one does as a human is going to be okay with everyone. What is important is rather or not it is right with God. If God is okay with you doing it than what another person thinks does not matter. For in the end there is not one person that can say they have all the answers to life or what will work for all God's people. For not all in life is simple.
  Also the next time you think to judge another remember this you may not know their entire story. You may even think you do but do you really? Can you feel what that person feels or have you walked a mile in their shoes?
  Even as my former post spoke of bad parenting I in truth am not out to judge. But rather to say as parents we should look inside ourselves when our kids are repeatedly showing bad behavior. All of us parents should ask ourselves did we do something wrong. Did we do something that could of caused or encouraged this. Then if by facing the truth we find we have to take at least some if not all the blame. We need to ask ourselves what are we going to do about it. What are we going to do to fix the mistake.
   The same should happen in our lives each and every day in everything in our lives. So often we tend to want to find blame. But not in ourselves. But in others.
  I read posts on sights online. I listen to the news, read papers, magazines, etc... A lot of what I see is everyone blaming everyone else for the way the world is today. For the condition America is in today. But I can't help but wonder when are we going to look at ourselves and say could I be part of the problem.
  I hear people say they took God out of schools. No, they did not, not fully. We as a nation did to a point. But the reality is this. I went to a school where I was told I was not allowed to pray. Did that stop me, no. God never said you had to pray out loud every single time. You do not need to use your mouth for God to hear. Think it and God will hear it. So what's to stop us from teaching our children to do a silent prayer to God.
  Something I read all the time is insult after insult about people who use what many now call entitlement programs. Many are guilty of grouping all these people together. Assuming that all are lazy people who do not want to work. Which is not true. Many are hard working Americans who have given up their pride to do what ever they can to feed and cloth their children and themselves. Many did not plan on hard times coming down on them. They work but it just is not enough. Some can't work. They would like to not be disabled and some even tried to work but just could not. Some never planned on having a child or 2 with disabilities that caused one of the parents to have to be home at all times. Life does not always go as planned. Some may say well why does God let these things happen to these people. For one I believe God has his reasons. Some we may not understand. But faith means believing he has good reasons that he knows better than us.
  At the end of the day a person's true value is not how much money they are worth but who they are inside.
  I ask that each person reading this instead of judging a person struggling to get by offer to help them. Even if it is just in a small way. Offering to be a free babysitter for a poor mom who could and would work if she had someone to help out with the kids while she worked. Don't judge even if her own wrong choices got her in such a bad way. For we all make mistakes. But I ask of you to instead do what you can to help her and her children. To help her find her way out of the bad situation she is in. Show her that good people do exist still today. Just maybe your good deed will inspire her to do something to change her life and later on down the road inspire her to help another.
  We in America have become a nation of what is in it for me. We need to become a nation of what can I do for my neighbor again. Maybe you don't have a lot yourself but still you can do for others. It doesn't always take money to help others. Hold a door open for someone, offer to clean a busy love ones house for them, offer to watch a loved ones or neighbor's child(ren) while they work or go get the groceries. Offer someone you see going hungry food. Give your old clothes, blankets, etc to someone who may need them when you no longer have use for them. Speak up for someone who you know is being harmed but for some reason does not have the voice to do it for themselves.
  Yes, part of America's problem is our politicians. At this point it seems they all lie. Most we feel we no longer can count on them at all. Not one of them to keep any promises they make. But we need to remember this is a nation that was found by the people for the people. It is going to take us too. Us meaning the people who live in this land to pull together. To stop saying it's all the politicians fault, it's the poor people's fault, it the rich peoples fault. We need to each look at ourselves. I'll admit I gave up on voting because I do not believe that anyone in politics today is going to make a real difference. They seem to all say what they think the majority want to hear and once in office won't or/and can't follow through.  But even if it is true that no one in politics is going to make a difference anymore. Well, that is not an excuse for us as individuals to give up otherwise on each other.
  We each may not all share the same beliefs but that does not mean by helping each other we can't make a change. We can. If we want to fix our country, if we want to fix this world we each need to look inside ourselves and ask what can we do to make a difference.
   Also for those reborn children of God who are reading this. It's time we realize something for those who have not at this point. You can not force your beliefs or God's word/ways on anyone. Take it from someone who has been on the other side. I have always believed in God but here was a time in my life that I thought he hated me and did not believe in me. No one could convince me otherwise. Only God could reach me in his time. No one trying to force his word or ways down my throat ever managed to reach me.
  Another thing we need to stop doing is arguing over God's word, what they say and mean. In truth I have come to realize what they may mean for one in some situations they may not mean for another. God has his reasons I believe why that is. Yes, a good bit of his word means the same for all but some it depends where they are in life. You can not force a new reborn child in God to come to your understanding of his word if you have been a reborn child of God for years. Their just not ready or mature enough in God yet to be at the same place. Especially if that person has yet to go through things that will show them God's way.
  So let's as God's children say how can I help and what can I do different so the mistake I made that effected another or myself can be fixed. Or how can I be a good example to others. We're not perfect. We will all fall short and at moments find ourselves judging again. But I pray that when that happens we each hear that voice of God's whispering in our ear telling us it is only his place to judge. When Jesus walked this earth did he not preach and sit among thieves, murders, prostitutes. So instead of preaching in other faces and judging lets us do as Jesus would no doubt want us to do. Lead by example. But remember along with that never try to be more than what you are, human.  Be open and let those around you know that you know you are not perfect and you will fall short sometimes. Admit when you know you made a mistake. Let go of your pride and never be above admitting or saying, "I did wrong, I made a mistake and for that I am truly sorry".


 


 
As I admit now I have been wrong about some things in the past. For those reading this if I have ever said or done anything that hurt you in anyway I am truly sorry!