Works in Progress

In his talk, Apart, but Still One, Elder Joni L. Koch encouraged us not to be judgmental, saying, "Brothers and sisters, we have no right to portray anybody, including from our Church circle, as a badly finished product!" There is at least one reason why this is true. None of us can be "a badly finished project" because none of us are a finished project at all. We are all works in progress. We are all growing and learning and gaining experience. We are all, in various ways and at various rates, becoming better people. None of us are perfect yet, but we are all improving. At the very least, we all still have opportunities to improve. No one is locked into being the way they all now, no matter how stubborn they are. No one is a "lost cause." Everyone can get better, and can even eventually become perfect, so we shouldn't we get too hung up on the way anyone is now. All any of us are now are just works in progress. If you want to judge someone, wait until you see them as their finished product.