To judge or not to judge?

Since the convection to Catholicism almost three years ago, the reminder often shows itself in my head. It said, "Never judge others. Otherwise, you will be judged seriously by God" as Jesus said, "Stop judging, that you may not be judged" - Matthew 7:1 But I came to learn more about the judgement during my reflection yesterday. Yes, indeed we should never judge the others. But Jesus reminded us, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves." -Matthew 7:15 It also requires the judging as Our Daily Bread stated. We need to be able to discern truth from the falsehood. Further, Jesus said, "By their fruits, you will know them" - Matthew 7:16 So we have to judge the people including ourselves by the quality of the fruits we produce. Often, we judge the people in the term of the appearance. For example, we would think that the people are bad since they look like the baddies or ugly. Likewise, we think that they are good since they look like innocent or good looking. Not just that but we often find the faults in others too. Yesterday morning, I was in the lift with the two guys in the office building. In the lift, one of them pressed against the inner door handle with his hand so that we could enter into the lift. He was still holding the door while we were already in the lift. Then, without any thought, I pressed the fourth floor button. The door suddenly closed but that man again pressed the inner door handle to open it. By then, he was staring at me with the anger written on his face as another man came in. I really did not know that he was coming as I did not see him. This is the example. We often find the faults in other people without realizing the whole truth. We need to slow down and think before we confirm our judgment on others as Jesus said, "Why do you notice your splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the splinter from your eye,' while the wooden beam is in your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother's eye." - Matthew 7:3-5
So it is okay to judge the others as long as you are careful and understand the whole matter. As Our Daily Bread stated, it must be judged by the heavenly values - the fruit of the Spirit produced within us - love, joy and peace. So I hope that everyone who reads it, will change their own way of the judgement on others. Be slow to judge others and quick to judge yourself.

Thanks be to God for the guide He teaches me. Amen.