Choose "your" interpretation of the facts very carefully. The way you interpret information and conversation will ultimately say something about your own character as you attempt to relay, or possibly dramatize the information.
I recently heard local news report that a man that had a sighting of a "Bigfoot". And before the actual interview with the man the news reporting headline said; "A man had a sighting of Bigfoot and said it looked like Farrah Fawcett".
When they actually interviewed him, he said nothing of the sort. He simply described the beast as having "light colored blondish hair".
When people choose to add or subtract information it skews the original information. It contorts it. It leads the perception of the information down a different path. It is also considered deceitful or manipulative. It makes people believe something other than what was said.
When a person practices this informational contortion, then they leave others with no choice but treat those individuals character and information as questionable.
Never under estimate anything that you don't know about. The things that we think we believe may have been conceived through our own fallible reasoning. Believable reasoning is not necessarily correct thinking.
They say when you pray to God, go to your alone place. So I went and this is what i saw.
This place was over an hour hike from my car. I put my bible in my pack along with some water. I went there for the sole purpose of spending time in prayer with God. I expected nothing but a view that might remind of the greatness of God. I was just sitting down when this site appeared. I wondered about what I was seeing. Is anyone else seeing this? I thought. The longer I remained in prayer the closer the sun came. After I had finished I stood to my feet and as I collected myself for the journey back the sun spot just disappeared. Maybe this was just a gift for me.
For a perspective, the pine tree next to the trail is 25 ft high. The hill I'm standing on is 165 ft above the water level. The sun spot stayed for over 25 minits coming closer to shore the longer it stayed.
This place was over an hour hike from my car. I put my bible in my pack along with some water. I went there for the sole purpose of spending time in prayer with God. I expected nothing but a view that might remind of the greatness of God. I was just sitting down when this site appeared. I wondered about what I was seeing. Is anyone else seeing this? I thought. The longer I remained in prayer the closer the sun came. After I had finished I stood to my feet and as I collected myself for the journey back the sun spot just disappeared. Maybe this was just a gift for me.
For a perspective, the pine tree next to the trail is 25 ft high. The hill I'm standing on is 165 ft above the water level. The sun spot stayed for over 25 minits coming closer to shore the longer it stayed.
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EnterMission - Rob Wegner
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in todays world it is evan easier to missinterpret the meaning behind peoples statements, questions amd answers. Text messaging and e mails are often missinterpreted by the perception of the person reading it. tone and inflexion and the lack of visual input can turn a well meaning phrase into a hurtful experience for the reader. Letter writting was/is, a more intimate and careful phrasing, I wonder why? as they are all words spoken at a distance. Could it be the perminance of the written word that compels us to think with more care about the reader and perhaps other readers for whom the original was not intended? I wonder how many times ill feelings have arrisen since progress pushed us into the e mail and texting world?
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