FamilyLife Blended®

Have you ever noticed: we judge ourselves on our intentions; we judge others on their actions?

That’s convicting but it’s true! I judge others more harshly, but give myself the benefit of the doubt. My wife is disrespectful because of how she talked to me, but my tone wasn’t disrespectful because I was trying to help her. My child is disobedient when he “forgot” to take out the trash, but I was going to do it—I just forgot. Proverbs 20 says, “Using dishonest scales to cheat someone out of money—and I might add, out of a fair judgment—is wrong. It’s time we check our scales.