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Do You Judge before the Evidence?

Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds

Zidor
3 min readJul 22, 2020
Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm on Unsplash

So easy to judge, but so hard to know the truth about a person.
How to judge which plants to weed once planted.


The newborn blades from the seeds of the wheat and the seeds of the weeds begin to come out of the earth at the same time. It is difficult to discern which is which. As the plants grow, their roots become entangled with one another and trying to uproot the weeds will also disrupt the good plants. Interesting isn’t it — what does one do now — do we judge another because in another age what we thought was a wheat plant was not. Do we accept what is there at face value hoping we have judged correctly? Or do we just forget it and move on?

All of us have something we can learn from another — whether it be positive or negative. Would it be so hard to let the plants grow for their fruit of their season will tell the truth? On the growth to the harvest there is much that will be offered as evidence in the “trial”.

So to in our daily lives. If you are met with another who is attractive to you — in a personal or a business sense, you simply need to remain awake and vigilant. No reflection on anything other then for the wisdom and inspiration sought. From a personal perspective, there is little harm in pursuit of a relationship always keeping in mind that the fruit of the plant — wheat seed or weed seed, will begin to show…

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Zidor
Zidor

Written by Zidor

I am a student of life — devoted to "Discovery" -- observing and uncovering truths all around us - and offering that learning to those who wish to listen.

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