Only God can Judge

I'm in court today and I watch first hand how it's less about the law and more about the mood. Judges are truly people that make decisions based on their good or bad days. I'm sure it's not like this for all, but today I couldn't help wonder where she had misplaced her common sense. A couple in front of her discussing a child support case; the father has with him the payment but has not submitted it due to his confusion...should he pay the mother directly or child support agency since the mother has opened a case. The agency tells him all monies go through them, the judge says I told you to pay the mother, "my instructions are like the bible." Now he finds himself in a catch 22, because his balance will continue to rise over at child support while the judge plays superiority games. In the mist of her God like complex she refuses to hear this man say he has money in hand and a letter showing that he is now gainfully employed, but instead opts to lock him up for not paying the mother directly before court. Now we've all heard tales of paying direct gone bad, but the man had money in hand. He is hauled down and through continued talks the mom hesitantly ask how will locking him up help? Taking his freedom will just push him further behind resulting in him losing the job he just found. As if in shock the judge says, "so you would like for me to let him go?" Well yes because he can't try to pay from behind bars.

Bravo, I silently applaud because if I could have spoken that would be my argument. Fast forward she brings him back up for release, but the handcuffs are not removed until the lecture ends; all the while I'm shaking my head at the fact that just because she sits up high on that bench it made it okay for her to turn a death ear to this man's humble display of proof that he is complying, but all of us were forced to listen to her childhood tales of what it means to sacrifice. I understand the law, but I get why God is our only judge because people err based on their own beliefs making them prejudice about how they view life should go.