We forget that if we see an error or wrong being committed, something out of line, perhaps unfair or even harmful, we have the ability & the right to call it out, expose it & address it. Called righteous judgment, we have to do so. Wrongness anywhere & in anybody gets a turn to rear its head, but must answer to the right way, which we are stewards of. Fail to speak up, get involved, take a stand & risk involvement, you get the wrong becoming wronger & stronger. Then I ask: why are you here if not to take a righteous stand?
WHAT I HAVE SEEN
More than once, I have seen adults mistreat children. I don't care why as much as I dislike abuse & dysfunction having its way. I would defend the child first, then question afterwards. Parents at times, tend to over-react in discipline, but I have seen strangers, at random be mean too
CUTTING IN LINE
Big problem with line cutting when I was working at Disneyland. Long lines, in the sun, people impatient, tired, hungry & thirsty, all waiting their turn to ride & then someone cuts in line. The crowd goes nuts & reports it. I take righteous action to the cheering crowds who now have hope & look forward to their fun turn. I have seen this at museums, movie theaters, food lines & the like. NO one likes it
WHERE WE GET MIXED UP
We hear from others, read in the bible, & are taught in schools that YOU shouldn't judge. Yes, but we misapply that with poor interpretation & lack of understanding. How can we literally judge another even with facts & circumstances perfectly? It is impossible to know everything, but we must act on what we do know
THE COURTROOM
someone has to do it including you
Here is our best effort, & it lacks & often fails. The guilty go free & the innocent get punished. The truth is near impossible to ascertain thus thwarting justice making these two dynamics at odds with each other. Best efforts don't count either.
WORTHY NOTE: Everyone lies in courtrooms to win or go free. Two attorneys oppose each other & the judge may have had a bad day. Truth? Justice? Hmmm
WORTHY NOTE: A condemned person, convicted by a jury of his peers & sentenced to death, has 13 years' worth of appeals until sentence is carried out. Why? We don't want to take a life if there is a chance they are innocent.
CHILDHOOD DYSFUNCTION AFTERMATH
The many who were brought up in dysfunction, cruelty & abuse & who survived it, will carry out that abuse on others until that wrong, within them, is righted. The victim is driven by resentment, anger & unrighteous judgment until the abuse is healed/thwarted via repentance, which means "change" in the Greek. Self-assessment, a righteous judging of the self, is mandatory or You suffer
CATCHING THE THIEF or LIAR
We see thieves, liars, cheaters & the like in their planned before, during & after deeds, but we don't know why they do it, only that we caught & stopped them. It is not normal to do wrong, so cause & effect must be explored, but often is not. In other countries, they may cut your hand off, imprison you for years, or take all that you own as punishment. Imagine a world where this is rampant? It exists now
GUILT-DRIVEN LIFE
Failure to stand for what is right, true, just, fair & appropriate when it visits with our field of vision or enters into our sphere of living makes us complicit when we turn a blind eye to the deed. We are not to become justice seekers, superheroes, or vigilantes, NO. Only what comes our way.
WORTHY NOTE: If you have something to say, then say it! Something to do, then do it! Leave thinking out of it. You know more than you want to admit, but are not using common sense, intuitiveness, reason or logic spontaneously.
INACTIONS
Fear, indifference, overthinking, excuses, not taking the time & all the rest cause one to turn a blind eye to any injustice that crosses their personal path. Why? No one wants to catch the heat, criticism, aftermath or enter into a problem that isn't theirs. If the whole world did this, we would self-destruct, implode, as mayhem would run rampant. Choose this day in whom you will serve
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