Dear You

Dear you, yea you the person reading this.  I apologize if I ever come across as "holier than thou." My heart isn't to compare myself to you, no my goal is for you to see the Savior.  Sure, words on a screen only hold so much weight, and true impact is only by face-to-face relationship and not just words.  And hey, actions do speak louder than words, but words, they are not silent in the least.  What I don't understand is when I'm talked down to.  I don't front myself better or wiser or stronger or even wiser than you.  In fact, I recognize my faults, probably more than anyone I kick myself to the curb because of them.  But what I also understand is the grace God has given me.  Grace to live, grace to speak, grace to breathe.  I don't deserve any of this.  Please, we are all on level ground here at the foot of the cross.  My heart breaks for the lost, for those who feel that all Christians are, are judgemental people who only stick their noses at sinners and always push them away.  I apologize for those Christians who have inadequately represented my Jesus to you.  I do know that I fall in that area too, I mean come on I'm not perfect either.
     What I don't understand is the constant shouting of, "Don't judge me!" when in turn you judge me too!  Let's understand this:  "judging" one another is a part of being human.  We can't stop that.  What we can do, though is to not act upon those judgements and preconceived notions about whomever and live in accordance to how God sees the person.  We're all hypocrites, it's a part of being human.  Personally, I like to assume the best out of people; I like to give room to be burned (NOT because I'm perfect, but because I see that that is what Jesus did and continues to do for me).  Now, this does not mean I condone people being judgemental, but only give grace to those who do.  But I also recognize this: telling somebody that they're wrong because they are isn't judging them.  Would we accuse a doctor of "judging" us when all he tells us is that we're sick?  Nonsense!  Granted, I'm not equating myself with a doctor, because I'm not one, but understand the analogy, here.  Or even something like, "You're tall!"  I'm not gonna get defensive and yell that you've "judged" rather that you judged the fact that in fact, I am tall. 
     This is what I understand:  sin has corrupted and skewed our view of all things.  It caused a chasm to form between us and God, and the communion between us and Him is severed because of it.  I also understand that sin distorts our view of each other.  Sin affects our lives horizontally and vertically.  However, you put those together, you've got a cross.  (Horizontal beam, vertical beam, get it? =D)  There's one thing that fixes this:  Jesus.  His sacrifice for us.  God became man to die for man so that man may live.  There's one remedy for the disease that has killed billions since the beginning.  That disease is sin, the remedy is Jesus' sacrifice for us.  That's the only cure for this horrible curse that grips on our hearts and crouches at our door to ambush us and take us captive.  Understand this, too:  Nobody needs Jesus more than any one person.  We all need Him the same, because we all have the same problem.  The only thing is if we're in Christ, we're not controlled, nor held in bondage by sin, but still struggle with it because of our imperfect humanity that's being renewed day in and day out by the Holy Spirit.  We all need Jesus.  Find Him.