Last night I was watching a show called American Greed...not sure why I'm into all the scandalous stuff but that's not important. This episode was about Dr. Mark Weinberger; Ear, Nose, & Throat Specialist. To make a long story short, Mr. Weinberger (how dare I call him Dr.) led several patients to believe they needed surgery for their allergy problems. After taking an x-ray, he would show them a picture of some random person that REALLY needed surgery....how crazy is that?! He would even put them under anesthesia and "perform" surgery; doing nothing but harm to their invisible problem. As a result, several families sued for negligence, and he was indicted on multiple counts of insurance fraud. However, one lady's story touched my heart. She went on a routine visit and he insisted that she undergo surgery to "fix" her sinus problems. After doing so, she consulted with another doctor for a second opinion. The 2nd doctor found that she was in stage 4 of throat cancer. How did Weinberger not catch this?? Because he had no regard for human life! Disgusting! Sadly, the lady died within a few short weeks. This was just a brief synopsis of all that went on in Mr. Weinberger's practice, but it results in so many questions. Not just about his wrongdoing, but the wrongdoing of many others. Why are we so greedy? Is 1mil/year not enough? I'm sure it's more than enough, but what do I know?
I've been asking myself a lot of questions lately. Questions that I'll likely never get answers to. Why are people so greedy? Why are people so mean? Why are they envious and jealous? Why do they steal and kill? Why do they manipulate people? Why do they scheme? Why do they treat humans beings as less than? Why? Why? Why?
To me, it's simple. Have fun. Be nice to people...nobody likes a mean person. Hold doors for others. LAUGH. SMILE. Return phone calls. Reply to emails. Say please and thank you...and mean it. Thank God each day. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Do what you love. Forgive others. Most importantly, be honest. Don't be afraid to ask for help. READ. Be humble. R-E-S-P-E-C-T others. Appreciate the small things.
Please excuse my rant this am. Perhaps there are some things I will never understand.
Why? The answer is simple... Because we are all sinners. There will always be mean people, murderes, etc because people who don't have the love if Christ can't share it with others.
ReplyDeleteTristal, I suppose you are correct. I know that we were born into sin and as long as we are here on Earth we will be subject to it. However, is that a pass for treating people wrong? There are "good people"...I do mean that. But it seems as if we have no morals and values.
ReplyDeleteInteresting Natoya Rae. I've thought about this a bunch lately. Let me first say that I agree with your latter comment. Being born into sin is not an excuse to treat people wrong,neither is it an excuse to continue to sin.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many reasons, I think, why people choose to be greedy, mean, envious, etc, but its definitely not a birthright. As Christians, we must realize that we have a duty to be compassionate to one another. Just as Christ Jesus did for us when He gave us the gift of eternal life through substitutionary atonement. I believe that if you have truly excepted Christ as your Lord and Savior, something inside of you won't allow you to intentionally treat people wrong. Now we're all human, and definitely not perfect, therefor we'll get angry and do mischievous things from time to time. But ultimately, we should strive to always do the right thing; being spiritual in everything that we do (Not just at church on Sundays!)...Scripture tells us this(somewhere in Colossians). It's just a personal choice how we treat others, and I think people forget that we should treat others how we ourselves desire to be treated. I could go on forever on this subject but I'll end by saying ... God is Love...Love is God!
Taravia! I couldn't agree more. Well stated!
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