Judgmental Mother

Have you ever been to the grocery store and saw the "evil" mother?  You know the one who looks scornfully at her child when he/she asks for something for the 50th time and dear mother says "NO"?  (I resemble that remark, hehe)  I am sure you have as we all have.  What is your initial thought process?  Do you pass judgment on this woman without knowing the circumstance or situation?  How many times have you seen a mother correctly discipline a child but thought it was inappropriate?

As fellow mothers we should build one another up, not tear each other down.  It is not our place to pass judgment upon another mother.  Now, if I see someone abusing a child that is another ballgame.  John 7:24 says this "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment."   If we immediately judge what we see then we are not judging with righteous judgment.

When we see something we would frown upon we should pray for that person instead.  A prayer from a Christian who is free from iniquity reaches Heaven and our intercessor Jesus Christ.  By keeping yourself free from iniquity you have the ability to reach God anytime, anywhere and thus do your fellow mothers a favor that will be rewarded in eternity.  Psalm 66:18  "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:" 

Be a non-judgmental mother that other mothers can lean upon in time of need.

Word of the Day

Judgment - the forming of an opinion, estimate, notion, or conclusion.