I learned today

Don't judge me because I sin differently than you.

This has been hanging up in our young womens room at church for a while. I really like it. At first when I read it I read it as people shouldn't judge me. Just because my skirts or shorts don't always go to my knees doesn't mean I'm a bad person. Or I don't read my scriptures every day. Or sometimes I slip and say a curse word. Or sometimes I forget to pray for my food. Elder Uchtdorf's quote at first meant to me that others don't have the right to judge me for what I do. Today though it took a different meaning. A much less selfish meaning. I am a very judgmental person. It is something I do struggle with and try to fix every day. But I realized I have been judging a lot of my friends lately. When they choose to go to another activity rather than go to a church one I judge them hard core. To me that's like a big no-no. Church always comes first to me, I skip many hang outs with my friends to be able to go to everything at church. When others don't do the same I judge. Today I realized I can't judge someone for that. Everyone "sins" differently, everyone makes their own choices. As much as I wish I could just have everyone follow me and do what I do I can't. I learned today that I need to accept others more. Maybe they have an issue with going to activities, but they probably do something better than I do, like read the scriptures or dressing modestly. I need to judge people less, I am no where near perfect. How do I expect others to make the same choices as me when they do some other things better than I?