Judgment!

It has been a while since I blogged. But now that the rough draft of my dissertation is finished and all I have to do is the editing I hope to have the time to blog once again. My dissertation is 139 pages of my creation. It will pass the desk of my proof reader, my dissertation advisor, the second reader and who knows who else at George Fox Evangelical Seminary. All of them will judge it. That scares me! I'm not sure I like my creation being judged. However, when it passes through the judgment stage and the flaws are fixed, the end result will hopefully be better.

Is the same true with us? I suppose it depends on who is doing the judging. I've been judged by some and it caused me to make some positive changes. I've been judged by others and it caused me to do some real soul searching as to why it made me so angry. In both cases I think I emerged better.

Judgment is a popular word being tossed around these days both in and out of Christian circles. I really like the phrase "let me love and let God judge", but is some judgment beneficial? I know some of my friends are going to be tempted to fire proof texts at me; please don't so I will not be tempted to judge you :-) I want to tackle this judgment thing based solely on empirical evidence, can it be helpful, why is it hurtful, what do we make of it!

Sorry my first blog back isn't a nugget of gold...remember these are just the thoughts in my head when I sit down in front of my MacBookPro (some want to judge me right now!)

Peace