I don’t know who judges Mark Roth most harshly: me or certain others.

Neither do I know who judges him most leniently: certain others or me.

But that doesn’t matter one speck…compared to this:

“God judgeth the righteous…” (Psalm 7:11).

It is so good for me to be reminded of that again. Ultimately, it’s not what I or others think and say about me. It’s what God thinks and says.

So, then, what does He think and say of me?

I need to do better at these two things:

1) Remembering that He judges me. (And living that way.)

2) Resting in that. (And fretting less about how others judge me.)

“Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly” (Psalm 6:10).

Yes! Yes!! That sounds like a winner to me.

At least it did when I first read over it.

I thought of a certain person. But no, that person isn’t my enemy. Maybe he’s just an adversary (I don’t know the fine difference between enemy and adversary). Well, maybe he’s merely a detractor. Then again, perhaps he’s a concerned friend who simply needs to do better at expressing himself.

Enemy, adversary, detractor — whichever he is, God may well need to apply that verse to him. That’s not my business.

But this is:

“Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” (Matthew 5:44).