HOW IS JUDGMENT RELINQUISHED?
page 28, paragraph 4
HOW IS JUDGMENT RELINQUISHED?
HOW IS JUDGMENT RELINQUISHED?
4 Remember how many times you thought you knew all the “facts” you needed for judgment, and how wrong you were! 2Is there anyone who has not had this experience? 3Would you know how many times you merely thought you were right, without ever realizing you were wrong? 4Why would you choose such an arbitrary basis for decision-making? 5Wisdom is not judgment; it is the relinquishment of judgment. 6Make then but one more judgment. 7It is this: There is Someone with you Whose judgment is perfect. 8He does know all the facts; past, present and to come. 9He does know all the effects of His judgment on everyone and everything involved in any way. 10And He is wholly fair to everyone, for there is no distortion in His perception.
Surrender
I really get this and I agree that I don’t have all the facts, not ever, and so I have no way to judge accurately anything; however, I have the Holy Spirit right here in my mind and He does know everything and will judge for me. Becoming still I let Him remove what is not true from my mind. I know how to relinquish my own judgments and surrender to Him. I do it a lot.
Judgement
I would say at this point in my life, judgment is just a bad habit, and one I am working to break. The Holy Spirit is helping me become aware of any judgmental thoughts in my mind today. I ask that He show me judgment in whatever forms it might take because I know that sometimes I judge myself more harshly than I ever would anyone else. Sometimes judgment sounds like an attack thought, and sometimes it sounds like fear.
Awareness of these judgments will allow them to be removed and I can be free of them. This produces an emptiness into which the Holy Spirit can reveal the truth. Since I am having to ask for this help even in being aware of the desire to judge, I suspect that in addition to habitual thinking that there must be some belief left in my mind that judging is a valuable right that I don’t want to give up. Holy Spirit, please remove that belief from my mind. It doesn’t even make sense.
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