God taught me never to judge someone’s actions

Psalm 19:14, "14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer."

Psalm 139:23-24, "23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting."

This happened around four years ago. I remembered sharing with a fellow church member how I could sometimes react very angrily towards my girl friend over small incidents. He told me that he behaved in similar manner too but he went further to briefly narrate how he recently threw a pizza that his wife bought for him onto the floor and messed up the whole kitchen because he told her he wanted to have home cooked food initially. Although I did not show it, I was thinking how he, being a Christian, could react in such a manner that was so aggressive. I thought he had over reacted. I thought he could have represented Jesus better, since his wife was a pre believer. Nevertheless, I did not really give much thought to this incident after our conversation.

A few weeks later, we happened to meet up and we began to chat. From our conversation, he started to share with me that he was experiencing a period of very difficult time for the past few months. He told me that a few months back, he had accidentally caught explicit photos and videos of his wife and her business partner in his wife’s mobile phone. This business partner happened to be someone he knew as well. God actually led him to this discovery which had been apparently been going on for some time. He was struggling to forgive her while contemplating thoughts of divorcing her. He was going through a period of emotional turmoil.

I was shocked. I was also convicted then and there.

God gave me the privilege to lend a hearing ear to my friend but God also brought me to my remembrance the time I had judged my friend regarding the pizza incident. God asked me what I would have done if I was in his shoes. I confessed to God that with that kind of emotional stress, I might have committed a terrible crime in a fit of anger. I asked God for forgiveness. This lesson taught me never to judge a person’s heart or actions again. You never know what that person might be going through in his/ her life. God corrects in creative ways.

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