I felt betrayed.

A friend whom I had grown very close to suddenly cut off communication. We had hit an area of disagreement, but we had talked about it and decided that we weren’t going to let the issue get in the way of our friendship.

However, weeks turned into months of this friend barely acknowledging me and I was upset. I felt justified in my bitterness towards them, and that bitterness only grew as I saw blessings entering their life. One day, as I sat and stewed, God nudged my conscience, asking me if I truly had the right to be so bitter.

The truth was that no, I didn’t have that right.

I realized how quick we are to judge. We want to see someone pay for the perceived wrongs we see in their life, but when it comes to our own mistakes, we are quick to seek grace.

In Romans 12:3, we are reminded that we are not to think of others as worse than us. God has dealt graciously with us, and we are to humble ourselves and also deal graciously with others. If we truly look within ourselves, we will see that we are just as much in need of grace as the next person and God has dealt kindly with us.