Therapy

Sometimes my mind doesn't stop thinking about things. Sometimes my heart is overflowing with hurt for people around me and it has to go some where. So I guess this might be it...I have never really known how to express my feelings to other people very well. I don't want to make people listen who don't want to. So, this is a totally optional thing. People can read it, or people don't have to. Sounds like a great plan to me.

Today my thoughts are on accountability vs. judgement. I have a really hard time with this. I want to hold people accountable, but I have always been accused of judging when I do. There is such a fine line between the two. I have google searched definitions, asked people's opinions and even at times obsessed over the thought of this. I read on a blog that the difference was that judgement was something you kept to yourself, to make yourself look better and accountability or confrontation was done out of love. But I have to admit to you, I don't even know if that is true. I have tried to confront people with love in the past and it has been viewed as judgement, no matter how hard I try to convey love.

So, my conclusion, people don't like to get their toes stepped on. As Christians we are held to much higher standards. We are expected to hold each other accountable. When I came to this realization, I thought to myself that maybe that's the key. If you WANT to be better, you WANT to be held accountable. If you have God in your life, you can see the difference. If you don't want to change your ways, you call those people your judge every time they open their mouths. This is something that I have a very hard time with. When Jesus comes back, or He calls me home, I want to be right with Him. I KNOW I am not perfect. I have never claimed to be. How do you go about keeping those accountable who may not have that relationship with God?

Well, I think my time is up for now. Until next time...