Being Critical

Have been attending seminar after seminar these couple of days. They are actually eye disease related talks targetted at eye docs. Could hardly understand much of what they were talking about. But I managed to sit there looking intendly at the speaker, occasionally nodding away as if I understood what he was talking about. My philosophy's very simple when it comes to work. 'Fake it till you make it.' Of course I never did 'make it' in the sense of understanding what the speaker was trying to bring across BUT I definitely made it for the "fake it' part. :)

If I went away learning anything these two days, it would have been that the human body is really really complex and that we truly are 'wonderfully' made according the bible (Psalm 139:14). As the speaker went through certain conditions that could go wrong with the brain, I realised how much precision had to go into making the human body. Just a slight variance here and there could cause big problems to the body.

Another thing that I realised is that there are a lot of normal variance in the human body. That means there could be certain parts which vary from human to human and yet that is normal for that specific person. I suppose that could be reflected to the personality and character as well. All too often, I tend to be critical over how a person behaves and often classifies them as weird or abnormal just because it does not fit my paradigm of a normal character (often I am my own gauge). And that is something I want to learn to accept and be less critical and picky about. Who am I to judge if someone is weird or not?

1 Cor 4:5 (NASB): Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God.


Romans 14:5 (NASB): But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

Okie, another lesson to learn. Think this will be a tough one man......