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I'm Not a Judge - Day 218 Month 8-5 Week 32-1

Today's Reading (Bible in 1 year) 2 Samuel 16:1-17:14, Proverbs 15:23-33, Ezekiel 20:33-49, Romans 14 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%2016%3A1-17%3A14%2C%20Proverbs%2015%3A23-33%2C%20Ezekiel%2020%3A33-49%2C%20Romans%2014&version=ESV I’m Not a Judge Pre 1992, Ontario, Canada had Sunday closing laws.  Sunday was regarded as a day of rest, a Sabbath, and most retail shops were required to be closed.  As someone who was a Jesus follower, I felt it was only right that the stores were closed and figured anyone who worked on Sunday was very ungodly.  That being said, I had no problem going to a restaurant after church and being waited on by someone who was working on Sunday. As a child, I would regularly go to the variety store at the end of my street. Whether it was to get a jug of milk for my mother or to get an ice cream treat, I’d visit that store. The storekeeper was a smoker. He seemed to always have a cigarette being smoked. I judged him as bei...