Walk A Mile In Their Shoes

"Do not judge or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (Matthew 7:1-2)


When I was a little girl…. And I might say, “Oh look at that person, they are….” My grandmother would quickly correct me by saying, “You don’t know what their life is like until you walk a mile in their shoes.”

I have grown up and I still sometimes catch myself judging someone before I think, but quickly a little voice nudges me and says, “….until you walk a mile in their shoes”. Between the seeds my grandmother planted and the twinge of the Holy Spirit, I can choose to pick up and walk in their shoes or judge them from the shoes in which I walk. I have a choice to obey its voice or ignore it and have it tug at my heart.

“Man”—still tries to take God’s Word and make it work for “this” world. But God is specific in what He says, “For My ways are not your ways” (Isaiah 55:8)… Judging others? DON’T. Period.

When the Holy Spirit “explodes” in our souls, we feel our heart staring to beat faster, our throat tightens, our mouths dry out, and our palms start to sweat… it is then that our Papa steps aside as only a Gentleman would… and say, “This is your call.”

Whose shoes will you walk in? Better yet, offer them your shoes?