Judgement and Condemnation

     Judgement is something humans do to react to a perceived violation or offense, whether social in our groups and friends, or in the legal sense where the consequences are more substantial and impactful. Judgement is almost always an exercise in power and authority. It's hand is harsh and its effects can be painful and uncomfortable. As an exercise of power, judgement is more like a flexing of a muscle than a compassionate help. 

It comes from an interpretation of justice that has existed since the dawn of man, which is if you do wrong, you must feel the brunt of punishment that is deemed fitting for the violation. It's hard to be judgemental and graceful at the same time. It's also hard to be rigid and "by the book" in judging someone legally and be able to extend mercy. 

      Judgement is about the demonstration of authority and power, and even when justified it still often comes from a place of (often undeserved) moral superiority. In its purest form, it is rarely remedial, only a reaction, and a reaction that rarely gets to the root of what causes a problem. When we judge our friends or peers for perceived shortcomings or deviations, we do it not out of love, but out of pride, an arrogance that we tell ourselves that we are above those we judge. This never actually provides solutions to any problem or helps remedy the situations and people involved.

Like I said, judgementalism is a reaction, not a solution, and it rarely if ever leads to any solutions. It's definitely not based on love.

    When you condemn someone, you completely strip them of their value. You make them worthless, throw-awayable,  and you make it so they can never be used for a specific purpose or find fulfillment and meaning in reality ever again. You cast them off of the ship, so to speak. You turn them into nothing. Condemnation has no mercy.

 It is the utter destruction of someone's personhood and spirit. Condemnation, when humans do it, often comes out of hate and imperfect "judgement," where if people had a better understanding or awareness, they wouldn't be so quick to judge or condemn.

Condemnation, like judgement, is akin to preying on someone deemed a "lesser" albeit to a much more intense degree than judgement does. 

Now don't get me wrong, bad things and bad choices have to have consequences, but many such bad situations are often deeply misunderstood to where a greater understanding might mitigate the horrible and negative fallout of those situations to a significant degree. You might prevent more victims and reduce the damage of those situations if you understand them better and approach them with more grace.

 For me, I would like to get to a point where I truly don't judge as much as I can. I would rather understand than judge, and I would rather treat things most people judge or condemn with the mind of a healer or the mind of a repairer and approach those things with that kind of grace.

 I would rather be a healer than a judge. Judges just flex muscles and exercise authority over others. Healers actually try to solve the problems and find solutions to challenges, just like repairers. There is far more grace and mercy in healing and fixing than judgement or condemnation, and that's what makes them more divine.

As for me, if I had my way, I'd rather see God heal and repair the world instead of judge it, but that's not up to me. Healing and repairing are not only more graceful and merciful, they are also far more difficult. It's easy to judge and condemn. It is far harder to heal. That's what makes them more godly. The difficulty is where the glory's at.