Here’s a verse that stuck out to me recently:
And now, my brethren, seeing that
ye know the light by which ye may judge, which light is the light of Christ,
see that ye do not judge wrongfully; for with that same judgment which ye judge
ye shall also be judged. (Moroni 7:18)
I don’t know if this judgment Moroni says we’ll be judged
with here is a final judgment or not. But I realized that how we judge
ourselves tends to impact how we make use of the atonement.
If we judge ourselves too harshly, then we condemn ourselves
out of proportion to our offenses and then we can’t feel the mercy of Christ
when we repent, or even worse, we can’t reach for it at all because we think we
don’t deserve it.
But if we’re too lenient with ourselves, then we fail to
recognize the seriousness of our offenses, then our repentance is incomplete or
non-existent.
Ultimately, we have to learn to be as fair with ourselves as
Christ is.
So, how do we judge ourselves fairly? What do you think?
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