Monday, February 20, 2012

Judgement Or Grace


So, after knocking out my rough draft last night in about two hours I’m thinking I’ve got a lot of rewriting to do before my conference on Wednesday. Woohooo rough draft number two get at me! 

But in all seriousness, the two drafts I read in class today were really good and definitely pointed out important  problems in society. The idea of writing about a belief I possess kind of intimidated me at first. I had a tough time choosing a topic because trying to find an experience to use as an example started getting really personal… and I’m not really one to weep to others about my rough experiences haha sorry! Anyways, I finally ended up landing on the idea of judging people too quickly before you even get to know them. I think it’s something we all do far too often. 

Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said, “Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.” 

I think that sums it up pretty well. Judging others ultimately hurts no one but us and takes away from the grace we could possess. 

2 comments:

  1. I wrote mine last night too haha. I didn't use any personal examples, but I really don't want to either. Oh well. I guess the grade is more important..Good luck!

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  2. I totally wrote mine last night too and I just was not impressed with my writing. It was just a combination of stress and tiredness that made it come out not exactly how I wanted. I still have a million things I need to include, but I was just trying to throw my ideas out there because it was just a rough draft. Good thing we have a little bit more time now to put it together really well.

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