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“𝐁𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐄. 𝐃𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐁𝐄 𝐀 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐏𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐄.”Smiles can be deceiving. Eyes can't perceive what's in the inside.𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒏-𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔. 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆. Looking down on someone causes us to have contrary reactions. We bear the image of Jesus, the same God who loved the world despite its grave transgressions. We can't do a better job of leading them to Christ if we show them that we are superior to them, instead of we're like them, in need of a Savior and Lord—Jesus.Instead of looking above or below, focus your gaze in the centre. We are all in need of God's pardon and gracious grace."Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good." (Romans 12:9)𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐞. 𝐁𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬—𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬.People are not projects; they are people. When you treat someone like a project rather than a person, they can smell it a mile away. If they believe you dislike them, they will never believe you love them.As Martin Luther said : "Be careful not to measure your holiness by other people's sins." Display the righteous judgment and turn away from unrighteous act. 💕Famous person who lived "Mahatma Gandhi" says, "I like your Christ but I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ".Many other Christians' difficulty isn't that they don't know any Christians. The problem is that they do. The issue with most Christians is not their image, but their integrity.There are some common talks of Christians do to other christians :𝟏. 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞. It's simpler to call someone else a hypocrite than it is to admit to being one yourself. We did this a lot of the time. We call someone a hypocrite without looking in the mirror. It's easier to say they're, but telling ourselves that we're one is far more difficult.Don't act like someone or something you aren't.You build a connection between yourself and others when you admit your flaws. Confession is never a justification for complacency; owning your sin is not the same as living in it. Nothing bridges the gap between words and deeds like that. Both must be altered: your walk must be sped up, and your talk must be humbled.𝟐. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. There is a significant difference between judging a person biblically and assessing a person on the basis of opinion or emotion. It doesn't take long for non-Christians and Christians alike to express their displeasure with the way most Christians criticize others.Ponder this : it is virtually impossible to love someone and judge someone at the same time. But, you might argue, what if they make a mistake and I have to correct them?First and foremost, examine your shortcomings and the severity of your sin, then address your problems. You'll meet a compassionate God along the way who forgives you despite your heinous crime. You can love people because you've been loved.Look at the log in our own eyes before pulling the speck out of someone else's (Matthew 7:1-5). Try to remember this: I'm not loving someone if I'm judging them(unrighteously). You can't love and judge(unrighteously)someone at the same time.Move back if you wish to evaluate someone based on your own speculations. The Bible serves as the foundation for judgment (John 7:24). It is preferable to rebuke someone (Proverbs 27:5). Furthermore, it is preferable to judge biblically rather than relying on our own judgment (Titus 1:13)."𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞." — 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝟒:𝟏𝟏When you know that people are striving to be a better person, don’t judge them, don’t talk behind them and don’t be self-righteous. Be humble. Love genuinely.Don’t be a modern day Pharisee. 𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐔𝐒. 💕#wordstoponder 💕