Father,
As we begin our day, we ask for strength to accomplish all that we need to today. Give us clear sight and the ability to hear You clearly today. To be able to recognize opportunities that present themselves, asking us to make choices that put us on a higher trajectory. We could make the old familiar choice that allows us to indulge with old fears and insecurities, but that isn’t going to take us upward toward the Light, it will keep us longer in our box. You make it clear, Lord, if we want to rise higher, we need to make choices that take us upward out of our old patterns. Upward is where we are welcomed by our Soul-Self. The us that is more connected with you. Everything feels lighter there and the heavy chains fall away.

We are reminded, Father, that it is not up to us to judge- that’s your department. Our job is to use good judgment, but not to be in judgment of our neighbors and to use the Golden Rule as our guide. “For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.” (James 2:13) We have to remember to treat others as we would want to be treated. To think of others as ourselves, to be patient with them as we would want them to be patient with us. “Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.” (Romans 14:13) This allows us to be more clear, to not trip up someone else, but rather allow them to see and recognize their own stumbling blocks and employ remedies to overcome them. We put the act of judging others in Your Hands, Father. “For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.” (Matthew 7:2)

Bless us this day as we strive to be the best version of ourselves, taking advantage of opportunities to rise, and using our best judgment wherever possible. We only want to humbly be your better servants.

In loving service,

In Jesus’ name,

Amen.