Witnesses not Judges; A short.

There once were two people. Walt and James. These two were best friends. They did many things together, built forts, talked about cars. They both aspired to be the best car racer ever. But Walt and James had differences.

 James spent his time critcising and judging the other racers and compared them to himself.He was spiteful and egotistical. Only Walt was his friend.

Walt on the other hand spent his time watching and praying for the other racer's safety and happiness. He watched other racers not to judge, but because he cared about everyone. And everyone cared about Walt.
Walt and James never raced each other before, but that day, they were slated against each other. Walt turned to his friend and wished him good luck. James smirked and told Walt he didn't need luck because Walt was the worst racer he saw.
The race started.

They were neck and neck, James and Walt. They rounded turn after turn, but neither pulled ahead. James was mad, he was so sure that he could beat Walt. But he didn't know how Walt raced because he was  always thinking about how Walt paled in comparison. Walt knew exactly how James raced because he went to all of James's races to cheer him on. So he knew that James slowed down on corners without knowing.

The last turn in the race Walt sped past James and won. James was astounded at Walt, for no one ever beat James before. He turned to his friend and asked him how he did it.

"I am a witness to your growth in racing, so I know your style very well. You must not have known mine because you are a judge at the racetrack; constantly comparing and judging everyone else." Walt explained.

James didn't understand, and thought of how Walt rambled on and on. It was quite un-becoming in James's mind.

"WE ARE MEANT TO BE WITNESSES; NOT JUDGES."
- A church sign I saw while riding the bus home today.

"...If we spent half as much time praying for the Lord to give guidance and wisdom to these people whom GOD has called--- first, we would not have enough time to point our fingers and secondly and most importantly we could be standing in the gap and making up a hedge around them to keep them from falling or doing something wrong.God called us to be witnesses---NOT JUDGES.  More can be done praying that talking---so here's your chance to do something productive---lift every servant of the Lord up in prayer instead of putting them down."
Bobby Webb Kingsport TN