Before I gave my life to The Lord Jesus Christ, I encountered a person who used to frequent a bar called, Lo's Club, in my hometown. This person's nickname was Shorty. He would on numerous occasions get intoxicated. What was so unique about Shorty was that he would get drunk and start preaching. A period of time went by during which I had received The Lord Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I was in my hometown on a weekend and I saw Shorty on a street corner. He was drunk! I was in my motor vehicle at the time I saw Shorty, and yes he was preaching. This time it was obvious that Shorty had urinated on himself. I call it “pissy drunk.”

When I saw him, “Holy Spirit” said something to me I have never forgotten. He said, “Don't you judge that man!” He “The Holy Spirit,” explained to me if I had been through what that man has been through, I might be the same way. This reminds me of what Jesus said about judging.

Matthew 7:1-5 (NASB)

{1} “Do not judge lest you be judged. {2} “For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. {3} “And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? {4} “Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye? {5}”You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

It is a given that many times we don't have a clue what others have gone, or are going through. It is vitally important that we don't judge things from an outward appearance. All to often, life has kicked people around so much and so hard they end up in a survival mode. The activity they choose is with a survival mental attitude. They are doing their best to make it. If we walked a mile in their shoes, we would do the same or something similar. The old expression is don't judge a book by it's cover. — AWM

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