I have had 2 people judge me this week for watching the show "Desperate Housewives". So while I was watching it tonight I thought the topic of the show was so profound. It was about judging others. Who would of thought that a trashy show that I get judged for watching could teach us all something. Why is it that we are all so fascinated with making other people look bad so we mock what they do. Believe me I am not perfect in this area, I have done my fair share of judging but it is definitely an area that I am always trying to be conscious of and trying to improve in myself. Why do we care so much how other people do it or why other people do the things they do? I tell my daughter all the time, "just worry about yourself!" So why can't we just worry about ourselves and make sure that we are doing the best that we can do and not judge others for what they are doing? Another show that I watch (that I don't get judged for) is 18 kids and Counting. I love the Duggars! I wish that my family could be more like them. They are always so loving towards each other and I feel like they genuinely want the best for each other. Why is it so hard for us to want the best for others? Is it because if somebody else succeeds then it means we didn't? If somebody else did it different than you would have done it does that mean it's wrong? I had the opportunity to teach a combined YM/YW class a while ago and I shared with those kids a little peak into my past and the way I was raised and I think they were enlightened as to why I am the way I am (i.e. very independent and a little feisty at times) because they knew more about me. I did this in the hope that they would understand that if you know more about someone you are less likely to judge them. So the question I try to ask myself before I judge someone (because I'm not perfect and I still judge others on occasion) is...
If you knew that person the way the Lord knows that person, would you still judge them?
5 comments:
This is soooo true! Thanks for sharing.
I agree completely, thanks for your thoughts... sometimes you feel like you're living in a glass house and you need to be perfect. Sometimes, the less perfect people realize you are helps you become more real to them. Unfortunately, we're not all perfect and nobody seems to understand that.
-- Except you Katie, still trying to figure out how you're not perfect =)
Well said! Hey i like you even more that I know you watch desperate housewives... personally my sunday is not complete without a little Brothers and sisters :)
I taught relief society on sunday about "Bringing souls unto me". One mother said her daughter is too nervous to come back to church because she still smokes, and she knew she would be judged by the way she smelled. Another lady commented and said " What if Every sin had a smell"? We would all be worried about being jugded. Not that watching desperate housewives or brothers and sisters is a sin by any means. But I thought that was a great lesson. People like to judge others to make themselves feel better, but what if we could see "or smell" everything they were hiding on the inside? Would they want to be judged?
Sorry so long, but had to share.
Oh my... I can't believe you watch that terrible show, you will for sure burn in hell you know that right? AHHAHAAHHA, I have never watched it but not because I think it's a bad thing just because I watch too many other things that I am sure I could get judged on too. btw, I think when you get judged it is because people are so happy they found "something" on the perfect Katie. You know we all want to be like you, beautiful, perfect mother, sweet, kind etc.etc.etc. I love Ya Katie! Now go watch some TV would ya?
Don't tell my MIL you watch Desperate Housewives. LOL
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