Today, Tuesday, April 12, is the thirtieth day of Lent. Lent is the period of time during which we can prepare ourselves for the Easter experience.
 
 
Assignment 30
 
We have a unique relationship with other human beings, not only with those who are near and dear to us but with all humanity. Each living soul is complete in itself, one with an inner pattern that is the sum total of all that is to be accomplished in life. This pattern is never duplicated and is unlike any other expression on earth.
 
This means you cannot direct, force or influence others to leave their pattern for yours or what you think is right for them. This is very harmful. The world is full of misfits and wanderers in life, seeking surcease from the unbearable emptiness of their inner pattern which is the God direction or the very rudder of the ship of life.
 
Interference with another’s pattern comes in the field of judgment, and we are told not to judge under any circumstances. Judgment is such an insidious thing, we are sometimes of the opinion we are helping and directing another. A great deal of judgment is done under the guise of love and helpfulness.
 
All judgment is presumptive and unfair because we do not have access to the heart and mind of another. The law is exact, your way or belief is for you alone and never good judgment for another. You have only one measure, what you can or would do! What another is doing has nothing whatsoever to do with you.
 
You may cry out that they are doing it to you or that it affects you, but it is because you have involved yourself where you do not belong. This is why we are taught to pray “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” The path of detachment may seem a hard path, but in truth it is the path of freedom. Freedom of the soul is the salvation of the individual. Sometimes our soul cries out to be free from the judgment and dictates of others.
 
There is only law giver and director, and that one is within every soul. The greatest gift you can give to another is to direct them to their own inner voice. This voice is not the opinion or direction of the world, which so often leads us astray. We must listen to our own guidance that we may know how to make the necessary change in our own life.
 
You have your own assignment, You! If Judgment is turned outward like a searchlight, one’s own soul and mind is shrouded in darkness. Do not judge what happens to you or to another, just wait, for God is always back of, in, and through all of our doings.
 
 
(This series of Lenten messages was first developed by Unity minister Dr. Sue Sikking, founder of Unity-by-the-Sea, Santa Monica, California, author of God Always Says Yes and Seed of the New Age.)
 
 
God is Blessing You, Right Now!
 
Rev. Alan A. Rowbotham
 
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