S – “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.”

Luke 6:37 CSB

O –
Judge: krinō, – decide (mentally or judicially); by impl. to try, condemn, punish:— avenge, conclude, condemn, damn, decree, determine, esteem, judge, go to (sue at the) law, ordain, call in question, sentence to, think.

Condemn:  katadikazō, – to adjudge against, i.e. pronounce guilty:— condemn.

Forgive:  apŏluō, –  to free fully, i.e. (lit.) relieve, release, dismiss (refl. depart), or (fig.) let die, pardon or (spec.) divorce:— (let) depart, dismiss, divorce, forgive, let go, loose, put (send) away, release, set at liberty.

 James Strong, The New Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew and Greek Words (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1996).

A – When we judge and condemn, we leave no room for grace and mercy. Forgiveness is to “free fully” others of our punishment or pronouncement.  And, it fully frees us to move forward from that person.  We are no longer entangled in a relationship or situation that looms in our life.

R – Heavenly Father, I am grateful for your forgiveness for the sins I have done.  Thank you for the blood of Jesus that takes them away.  Help me do the same for others that have sinned against me.  I want to walk fully free from the mess that creates.