June 20, 2022
Monday for Week Twelve for Ordinary Time
Readings for Today
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“Make una stop to dey judge people, so dem no go judge una. Because na di way una judge people, dem go take judge una, and na di measure wey una take measure for people, dem go take measure for una.” Matthew 7:1-2
To stop to dey judge people fit hard well-well. Once person don get di habit to dey always think and talk about people with harshness and fault-finding, e dey very hard for am to change. In fact, once person start to dey follow di road of fault-finding and judging people, e fit continue for dat road, dey find more fault and dey judge people more and more.
Dis na one of di reasons why Jesus talk against dis kind habit so strongly. After di passage above, Jesus talk say, “You hypocrite, first comot di big plank wey dey your eye…” No be mainly because Jesus dey vex for di person wey dey judge people, or because E wan treat am harshly, make E talk dis words and condemn dis habit so strongly. Instead, E wan turn di person comot from di road wey e dey follow and help free am from dis heavy load. So one important question to think deeply about na dis: “Na me Jesus dey talk to? I dey struggle with di habit of judging people?”
If di answer na “Yes,” no fear and no let your heart weak. To see dis habit for yourself and admit am dey very important, and na di first step towards di virtue wey be di opposite of judging people. Dat virtue na mercy. And mercy na one of di most important virtues wey we fit get today.
E be like say di time wey we dey live for now need mercy pass ever before. Maybe one reason for dis na di way people for all over di world dey too quick to treat others harshly and find fault with dem. All you need to do na to read newspaper, browse social media, or watch news programmes for night, and you go see say di way of life for our world dey make people dey examine others and find fault with dem more and more. Dis na real problem.
Di good thing about mercy be say God dey use either di way we dey judge people or di mercy we dey show (depending on which one dey show pass) as di measure for how E dey treat us. E go show us great mercy and forgiveness when we show dis virtue. But E go also show His justice and judgment when na dis road we dey follow with others. Na we go choose!
Today, think deeply about mercy and di habit of judging people for your life. Which one plenty pass? Which one you dey quick do pass? Remind yourself say mercy dey always bring far more reward and satisfaction than judging people. E dey bring joy, peace and freedom. Keep mercy for your mind and commit yourself to see di blessed rewards of dis precious gift.
Lord wey get mercy, abeg, fill my heart with mercy. Help me put aside all di thinking wey dey find fault and all harsh words, and put Your love for their place. Jesus, na You I trust.
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