Judge Not Lest Ye Shall Be Judged

            Warren Wiersby, in his book, BE COMPASSIONATE, wrote about the blind English poet, John Milton. As Milton grew older, people began to forget him.

            One day, Charles II, son of the monarch whom the Puritans had beheaded, visited Milton. King Charles II said to him, “Your blindness is a judgment from God for the part you took against my father.”

            Milton replied to him, “If I have lost my sight through God's judgment, what can you say about your father who lost his head?”

            Too often, people misapply the teachings of Jesus concerning Mt. 7:1, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” Wiersby’s story just might be an appropriate illustration.