Today, God replied my question.

Well, what can I say, I am worshiping and serving a God that is real and moving. A God that actually knows my heart much better than I myself do. Amazing. I've been having some questions about judging others recently as can be seen from the previous post. I felt a certain tugging in my spirit telling me that it wasn't right to 'discrimminate' against non-believers and classify them as: 'people-whom-it's-better-to-associate-less-with-for-fear-that-i'll-stumble'.

Clearly, this is not a thought that is aligned with the purposes of God. How am I going to reach out if I keep thinking this way?

Well,God told me that instead of harboring a judgmental and reproachful spirit, I should have a spirit of compassion and restoration- to have compassion on those whose lives are falling apart and to to help restore their lives through the guidance of the holy spirit. Basically, it was a call to replace the 'judging' with 'LOVE'. God not only revealed to me the way I have been judging my friends, but also the way that I've been judging people closest to me, and that's my parents. The self-righteous part of me would always try to pin-point and seek out any flaw that I see in their walk with God and in their daily doings. But what I really fail to see is that I am not in the position to judge. I was merely judging by my own rules. God said to honor your father and mother. So here I was convicted of two sins, not honoring my parents and judging others when I should be judging myself first.

It's time for me to stop judging and throw away that "I'm so spiritually THERE" idea. It's time to start loving others just as God loves me and receive that "I'm going to help God restore these people" and "You can never have enough spiritual growth" ideas!Woohooo!