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Written by Kelly Balarie, a contemporary author and speaker.

Discipling a young student, I tried to make truth as plain as possible. I said, “Judgment is like a boomerang. When you launch it at someone, you can expect it to hit them and then to immediately return and hit you.” Judgment always boomerangs back to the one who launched it…A wife speaks mean words to her husband.  Before long, the husband is saying mean words to her. A critic speaks loudly on social media, condemning a church. Before long, comments appear on his post — accusing him. A judgmental comment is made about a lady at church. Next week, after leaving church, the person that judged — now feels judged. Without realizing it, they figure, people must be judging them the same way they judged…. Now, the reality of the situation is — that judgment may not even be happening, but it is expected. Why? Because we expect people to treat us the same way we treat them. We assume judgment is happening because we, ourselves, are judgmental. The feeling of judgment is just as bad as the reality of it. Judgment and condemnation are boomerangs that only serve to hit us in the face.

For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. [Matthew 7:2]

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