A Big Wake Up Call For Me

I realized today..That I judge way to much. I thought all of my life that people who smoke and drink are losers but really they aren't. There people like you and me who have lives, who do good in school, who have good jobs and who live healthy lives. Just because somebody drinks and gets drunk it doesn't mean that there bad people. & Just because somebody smokes weed it doesn't mean there losers and there going to be nothing in life. But that's all I've been told. From so many people. From Christian's, From non Christians and Teachers . "weed's bad". "Drinking's bad". But really it's our culture. Yeah of course in the bible it says don't do those things . Which as a Christian I will stand behind what the bible says. I won't do either of those things. But that's not going to stop me from hanging out with people my age who do those things. Because there still good people . Who am I to judge somebody based on them smoking weed or drinking? I've already been in situations where I've gotten asked if I wanted any alcohol . Which yes I've taken them.  I had my first drink when I was 10 years old. But when I found God I decided I wasn't going to engage in those activities. I've gotten asked a bunch of times after I found God and I've turned all of those opportunities down because I know it's not what God wants me to do. Which is perfectly fine. But I'm still going to be friends with people who engage in those things.  I will be in settings where I'm faced with alcohol and weed again but that's  fine because I will always say no. I will stand behind what God says. But I'm also not going to preach to others on what they should be doing and what's right and wrong because that's not my Job. That's the Lord's Job. I've learned I have to stop judging those people who do those things and accept them. Because some of them are the sweetest people you'll ever meet. Let's all be friends:)