Blue sat, laughing with her friends at lunch. Her small group of friends were the people she did everything with. They were very close and even though they didn't share all the same classes, they still made time after school to get together and talk about what's been happening with them. "You know," Carly, the girl who sat to the left of Blue with the blonde hair and deep brown eyes, began. "I can't believe that Kelsey did what she did. I can't stand her any more, the way she totally ditched Mckenzie and told her she didn't want to be friends again, it was so stupid. She was wrong for that and look at her now, sits all alone at lunch without Mckenzie. She deserves it."

"Yeah, they were so close! I can't believe she would just walk away from her best friend and never want to talk again." Hannah, the girl who sat in front of Blue agreed. Blue rose an eyebrow. But she said there were so many problems with them, and things Mckenzie had done to her, Blue thought, remembering the conversation she'd had with a crying Kelsey the day before she ended her friendship with Mckenzie.

"She never helps me," Kelsey sobbed. "If there's something wrong, she'll just ignore what I tell her, even if someone had died, just completely move on to another topic. Whenever she's upset, I sit down and talk it out with her. She can't repay my kindness with her own and she makes me feel so stupid sometimes." Blue put her hand on Kelsey's shoulder with care. Her blue eyes nearly pouring over themselves. "I'm sorry." She said, not knowing what to tell her friend. "What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to end the relationship," Kelsey decided. "I'm tired of being angry and upset, I'm done." She said confidently even though her voice was quivering from the tears. Blue was brought back to the present, her friends still bashing Kelsey. "Mckenzie never needed that jerk, she can just come and join us," Hannah said. "We'll welcome her right in."

"But," Blue objected softly, a little nervous about what she wanted to say.

"What?" Carly asked.

"What if Kelsey had a good reason for doing it?" Blue offered, trying to avoid the fact that she had talked to Kelsey. "I mean, why else would she completely leave her best friend behind? You know Kelsey, her friends are her life, it doesn't add up to me."

"Oh, I never thought about that," Hannah said. "Well what would the reason be then?"

"Well," Blue shrugged. "A number of things, Mckenzie could've said something or done something to hurt Kelsey."

"Oh," Carly said, feeling convicted. "I guess."

"I don't think we should judge her for that decision, we don't know what all happened to the two of them and we certainly don't know what was going through Kelsey's mind." Blue stated confidently.

"Yeah, you're right, I'm sorry, let's talk about something else, anyone want to go to the Mercyme concert tonight?" Carly said excitedly changing the subject. "I've got tickets!"

Moral: Don't judge people- at all. Jesus told us not to judge because in the way we judge others, we too will be judged. He also said that we should judge righteously and I believe He meant this about our decisions and what we choose to do throughout our lives. Anyways, we shouldn't judge people, period. It doesn't matter if they did something absolutely horrible like steal or cheat or if they look or dress a certain way. I guarantee you'll always find a why behind what they did. It's always important to remember that if you wouldn't want them to judge you, you shouldn't judge them.

This is just something God has been showing to me a lot lately. I, being very awkward and socially anxious, worry about people judging me 24/7. Even at church, my mind wanders off and I begin worrying "are they judging me?" "Should I raise my hands in worship or will people judge me for it?" "Does everyone still have their heads bowed or do I look like an idiot?" God has been showing me how alike we humans are. Even though there are so many different things about us- different races, religions, social lives, friends, personalities- there are a few things we humans all have in common. One of those is pain. We all face pain in life and that can affect your decisions and your life. Another is that we're all capable of the same things. Some people say "I would never steal!" "I would never kill!" "I would never cheat!" But what they don't realize is that if they were in the same position as the person who did, they probably would have made the same decision. This even goes back to the Garden of Eden. If Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, we would too. It's just the way we are. So don't judge, we're all human and all would make the same decisions. God bless.