People make much error
When they chance to judge another.
Only God discerns the heart
Within a friend or brother.
Well-meaning "friends" oft pray amiss
Because they think they know
Just what the other person needs,
Then condemnation sow.
Unless we ask the Lord for help
In knowing what to pray,
We cannot bring encouragement
Or say what God would say.
Opinions just don't matter,
And perceptions may have flaw.
We need to see through eyes of love
And judgment should withdraw.
"Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."
Matthew 7:1 KJV
© 2008 Arlene Schwartzkopf