Hardened Hearts Into Beautiful Praises

Hardened hearts into beautiful praises. Sometimes I wonder if this short statement could summarize me. I never thought that I would ever be on the other side of it either. The one standing on the outside looking in, not knowing what is going on inside of someone else. I have found myself being the one judging others and the way that they are acting. I question why they are doing something, and why they just don't turn to God. I have also found myself saying that there is no hope for certain people. What if someone would have said that about me 4 years ago? In the past 2 weeks, I have come across 3 different people who at first, I thought that there was no hope for them. Even though their hearts are still hardened, that doesn't mean that things can't and won't change for them. Just because their hearts didn't change the first time that we talked doesn't mean that their hearts won't change eventually. How can we judge someone when we don't know the reasoning behind their actions? For every action their is a motive. For every motive, their is an underlying reason. If we are the ones looking in and judging, are our hearts not hardened as well? They may not be hardened towards God, but they are hardened towards the other person's pain, their past, and towards their hearts as well. The lifestyle that someone else may have may be caused from a past experience, or a feeling of lack of value within themselves. So, who are we to stand on the outside and look in, and think that there is no hope for someone? In Christ, there is always hope.