Take a look at the church. At Passion, Francis Chan, talked about how in America everyone "church shops", we go from church to church when we have even the slightest hint of dissatisfaction with the music, pastor, people, child care, etc. We do not simply soak in the word of God and view it as mighty, powerful and life changing. We judge and scrutinize so much and are left with a feeling of disappointment.
In my Art History class I have found out that being an art historian is all about over analyzation and scrutiny of the piece of art. I see the piece of work and I am amazed at the talent, but without skipping a beat my professor picks the piece of art apart. It is no longer an amazing interpretation of someone else's mind and imagination, but it turns into a piece of art that is wrong, that was not painted correctly, a mistake is "here" and that woman in the photo is not the ideal woman like it should be, etc. It takes all of the excitement and whimsical elements out of the art. There are art historian scholars that argue and debate over the art work, in every way possible, and I do not get it. I wish we could view it as an amazing and wonderful expression of another human being. God gave that person the talent and the imagination to paint that work of art, we should appreciate it.
I have found myself lately "knit picking" a lot more lately and it is killing me. I do not know what has caused me to feel the need to look at the most minuet details of life and compare and contrast, but I need to figure it out soon. Comparison is the evil in my life that drags me down. What is dragging you down today?
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