Easter Devotion Monday

We have the tendency to constantly judge others. Too often we judge people for faults that we struggle with ourselves. Rather than face theses things in our own lives, we see them in those around us.

Jesus addresses our judgmental habits head-on in Matthew’s Gospel by saying “Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye?” (Matthew 7:3). Jesus explains that we must first take the log out of our own eye, and then we will be able to see the speck in the other person’s eye more clearly.

This week let us take some time to confront the logs in our own eyes, to name them, and to call on the Lord for help removing them. Something beautiful happens when we do this: We become less judgmental, more gentle, and more understanding of the sturggles that others face. In a word, we become compassionate.

Palm Sunday Devotion