Do you ever just sit back and read the labels of items that you’ve purchased? Do you ever think whether the item could be harmful or helpful to you? Does whatever is on the label stop you from continuing to eat, drink, smoke, smell, and listen to or even wear it? In most cases, absolutely not! So, here’s my main question to you. Why do we do just the opposite when dealing with people?
It has been a consistent behavior for people to stop dead in their tracks when we hear something negative about a person. We instantly become leery of those individuals. We don’t want to hang out with them or we gossip to someone else about what we’ve heard. Not once do we stop and “read their labels” and think to ourselves if what we are “reading” is harmful or helpful. As believers in Christ, it is our duty to make sure that we are asking ourselves this question, solely because we are charged by God to be Christ-like. We shouldn’t judge them. Jesus says “…let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone.” This is the word!
There’s a song that the incomparable and gifted Le’Andria Johnson sings titled “Jesus” that resonates with me because it’s a reminder of who to call on in times of need, especially when feeling judged. Some of her lyrics are “Look at myself in the mirror. Religion looking back at me. I threw my hands in the air and the law arrested me. Girl interrupted, I needed to break out and get freedom. One bad decision after the next, just getting by, letting you figure me. Jesus, call him when you want him. Call him when you need him, but Jesus, yeah, Jesus, yeah, Jesus, Oh Jesus, yeah”.
These lyrics are a testament to those who are in a place of not needing judgement but Jesus instead. They represent those who are in a broken state but have an understanding of who to call on to help them. You can feel the sincerity and pain in her voice when she sings this song. It lets you know that she had experienced this; YET, she knew who to depend on. Isn’t it a great feeling knowing that we can call on Jesus at any time for any situation, even when it seems as if the world is against us? To know that we can call on him just to get free? Let’s become label readers so we are not judging our sisters and brothers in Christ.
This was so refreshing! So very true! Thanks Shawnee B.
, first to God be the glory and giving thanks to the almighty God from whom all blessings flow. I am totally blessed by God I just read what was blocked up there and I’ll just want to say you are correct as far as saying that let him without sin cast the first stone. Now the only man that walked this Earth free of sin was Jesus and who are we to judge anybody down here God said judge not lest we be judged by the same people praise God Amen. Now if I may what God has with an individual that’s between him and that individual say our part that we play in this Christian March that we’re on in this journey that we’re on is that we’re supposed to reach out to the lost souls he wants you to witness plant that seed so that he can cultivate it. Not as far as my sister Le’Andria I love her for life and I don’t care about what her past Maybe or may have been what I care about is her life now you know I want her soar like eagles you know. And let it be said that every one of us is down here right now fall short everyday and if they say they don’t that’s a lie and the truth ain’t in them. Now I crossed eating out every single day why? Because I’m trying to tear Satan’s kingdom down and I’m going to expose what the enemy is and Satan is the enemy with his demons they are the enemy that’s what we need to. And start lifting up our Brothers and Sisters in Christ you know not stepping on them just to pull ourselves up just to make us feel good that’s not what it has not what you should be doing that’s what that’s not with anybody should be the one. Why because I’m held accountable for the next person is next to me if I witness to this person I need to walk the talk that I do okay and no I’m not going to tear this person down cuz little bit at a time let God get in it you know you just be encouraging her encourage anybody who’s going through anybody who saved and still going through there. You encourage them in the word. You don’t break them down cuz the devil will try to get in any crack we all know that but we as having a relationship with God and if you’re claiming a relationship with God then we need to hold tight and come together a whole lot better than what we’re doing for our sisters and our brothers and Christ start lifting them up more instead of breaking them down. And I say that because we’re not supposed to be as the secular world you know just like you open up your your heart to someone who just came in your church and want to be saved you want to open your heart to them you know there and show them that they’re making a right step is Desiring to be like Jesus Desiring to know the Lord of a lot more. But when it comes down to Le’Andria I’m going to stand strong in my might knowing God as my personal savior with her and for her. Ivo just read some things some negative stuff they have written somebody else and it supposed to be Christians you know and of course the daughter of God a woman of God the minister of Music being that I’m these people I’m going to stand and those who are wrong instead of pointing your finger at somebody else you look in the mirror and was looking. But to God be the glory for the things that he is done I’ll keep saying this because I mean it from the bottom of my heart from the depths of my soul and for the God that I know let me tell you I’m a miracle I’m one of God’s miracles more than once more than twice more than three times I have a testimony that will blow your mind. But I’m a stand strong on what I know God to be. Le’Andria is definitely a child of God Le’Andria is definitely been blessed by God, Le’Andria has definitely the anointing of God I’m not going to get no a men’s up in here and there but that’s okay cuz I’m a amen myself glory be to God in the highest I’m going to stand strong with my sister and prayers are definitely what we need to do for those of you claiming that you have a personal relationship relationship with God because you have a personal relationship with God you are charged by God to help your brother and your sister whatever their faults Maybe cuz again let me remind you where it says all have sinned and come short of the glory of God all right now that’s not my words that’s in the Bible and if God said it I believe it and that settles it now I I kind of get worked up by the fact of you know it’s already bad enough when we have the secular World targeting us because we are Christians we are in a relationship with God we do and we’re supposed to keep his Commandments we’re supposed to live like Jesus live Walk Like Jesus walk again let me just remind all of you that the only man that walked this Earth without sin was Jesus y’all just keep that in mind and anything that you see this negative that’s trying to pull us down as as we had what we broke this race in a this Christian race this this relationship we have been under the will of God being in the will of God having our first ordered by the Lord we need to come together and did much more stronger than those in the world secular world and especially the ones that are controlled by the devil that’s why we need to be more so focus on Tarrant Satan’s kingdom down and building I fell asleep during her brother’s up in the name of Jesus my name is Sharon still I am anointed voice for those of you that remember who I am and I love the Lord he heard my cry and he pitied every single one of my groans and I don’t care what I go through like I told you I’ve been I’ve been through but I didn’t come through it alone I came through it with God I came through it Anna what the devil meant for bad he did what he did but God turned it around for my good for his good because I am a vessel of the Lord I’m a vessel of guys God uses me and there’s no way that I would ever come in between of what God has to do and if he has to use me to do it so big. That will get done glory be to God in the highest I love every single one of you remember Jesus love okay and just remind you we are still on a journey and that Journey we’re going to come across a lot of different things but we need to encourage each other to continue you couldn’t you encourage each other with the word you encourage each other with praying for them encourage each other by lifting them up not stepping on them and I just pray that everybody gets a good understanding. I’m going to stand for what I believe in and because Satan has so many of these he didn’t recruit at a whole bunch of people out there in a second world you know if you can if you’re not prayed up before you go out your door you never know what you’re going to meet you never know but my thing and I will continue to do this I don’t care who comes to me if you come to me and you want to know more about Jesus you want to know how how can you become save I can’t save you but I can give you the steps that can get you there say only God can save me Jesus saves you through his son Jesus but I thank you guys for giving me this chance to voice my opinion about this whole thing you know I’m stating it again I’m going to stand steadfast unmovable always abounding in the word of God and I’m going to stick with my sister I’m going to help lift her up whenever she’s down whatever she’s going through I’m going to help a lifter I’m not going to step all over and out and I pray that everybody else decides to do the same thing because you never know when you might need somebody else to help lift you up. You never know what a person may be going through. And because we don’t read minds you have the ability to pray you have the ability to go to God through Jesus whatever you want he said he would not leave us nor forsake us then I believe in do you that’s a question you got to ask yourself he said that he is the way the truth and the light I believe you listen when they when Jesus was put through everything that he was put through just for us you know as I got older and all and I start getting I wasn’t no longer babe in Christ I tell you my eye bold and tears everyday because the fact of what he went through just for me just for me he took on so much just so that I can have a right to the Tree of Life and because he did that and then they nailed him to the cross and pierced him in the side see my once they buried him once they put him in the Tomb and rolled Stone 3 days later he rose with all power in his hands and then he rolled the stone away his self I just love how that when you say it and then you get that picture in your head it’s like amazing really it’s amazing cuz it was 3 days three days I just can’t help the saying three days all power in his hands Heroes. But I that’s my Maya and it just let me just say this one one thing and I don’t want you guys think that I’m coming down hard and I’m not coming down hard on you guys but I’m coming down hard on his these ones that’s out here who don’t know if you say Christ did this or the Lord the dead or Jesus did this never ready to tell you there’s no there’s no list there’s no that and so that makes me prove to them that there is what you can’t say what you can’t see the air that you’re breathing but aren’t you if you don’t want to hear what I got to say about what my god did for me then you don’t have to you know come pass my page or anything that’s what I usually say to him and if you don’t like to hear anything about God Jesus then you might as well not even come past my page that’s usually what I tell them and pretty much that will get them going but they come back because you know why curious now curiosity so they keep coming back it’s fine come back you know because I’m hoping that your soul gets saved I’m praying that your soul gets saved pretty much as what I do but to God be the glory for the things that he has done and for the things that he’s about to do I praise him I thank Him in Advance for everything that he has brought us through and for the things that he’s about to show us for the vision and he is giving me I Praise Him in Advance I really do he gets all the glory honor and praise from me to God be the glory this and I love you guys and you keep doing what you’re doing keep lifting his name higher because he is worthy and letting no one steal your joy or try to say your not this you’re not that they can’t judge you okay so may his peace be with you until we meet again God bless
I’M PRAISING JESUS FOR DYING ON DA CROSS TO SAVE ME FROM SIN THANX GO FOR#SALVATION #GLORIFIED #GRACE #MERCY
One of my favorite songs I downloaded to my phone!Yes Jesus!
Hi there, just wanted to mention, I liked this blog post.
It was inspiring. Keep on posting!