That was an adaptation ...but, what really happened is:

I was picking up some milk after I'd dropped off two of our kids at music.  I was in a hurry ...not that I had to be, but I find shopping at any level burdensome or at least undesirable.

The cashier surprised me by saying, "Did you end up helping that lady the other day?"

I smiled, "I'm not opposed to helping people in need, but you must have me confused with someone else ...I don't recall a woman needing help here."

The cashier did not say anything, but I offered, "Was there something in particular you recall about the situation?"

The cashier smiles, "Yes, the lady was crazy!"

I smiled, "Well, that probably would not have thrown me ...I used to work with the mentally ill."

I was unaware of a lady who suddenly had brought up her few items, next in line.  That lady smiles, "You've probably seen them all."

I chuckled, "I wouldn't quite say that ...I'd rather say that one must first be true to thine own self."

I didn't realize I was quoting Shakespeare ...or probably misquoting him.  And there are a few interpretations of what that saying meant, but I was likely not in line with any of those either. 

I kind of meant: Be true to yourself; do not engage in self-deception ...as to say I can't deceive myself to think I'm immune to a bit of insanity myself, and to be honest, we all can fall into this under the right circumstances ...or should I say, wrong circumstances. I was trying to be a bit humerus, but possibly proved my point in a different way, perhaps appearing crazy to non-Shakespearean ears ...or equally so to well-versed ears.

At this point, it may all fall upon deaf ears.

But, one more point ---the Bible says, "Judge not, that ye be not judged." We can take this and say judging is like pre-judging ...which in turn, we often call prejudice. I would not judge whether a person is crazy, or not. Yet, as my wife would say ...it may be in our best interest to not judge, but to do a whole lot of pre-discerning.

We are not to judge right and wrong through our own reasoning, the Bible provides the reasons for us ...God does the judging, and how do we know, except we read the Bible.  So, the Bible is teaching us, and we learn about God's judging. We are merely asked to discern. We don't judge people, we judge actions according to how they align with God's Word.


Sometimes crazy is just different, remarkably different ...not radically different, unless we are used to doing things wrong ---but, not different from what we continually read about in the Bible.  Francis Chan wrote a book, entitled, Crazy Love ...showing us that our definition of love is often far removed from what it really is.