"Stop Judging"

We spend an enormous amount of energy making up our minds about other people.  Not a day goes by without somebody doing or saying something that evokes in us the need to form an opinion about him or her.   We hear a lot, see a lot, and know a lot.  The feeling that we have to sort it all out in our minds and make judgments about it can be quite oppressive. -- Henri Nouwen

Let's remember the words of Jesus recorded in Matthew 7:1 -- "Stop judging so that you will not be judged."

Once we are free from judging, we will be also free for mercy. 

Grateful