Assumptions are made all day...
Assumptions are based upon the thoughts that pop in your head from seeing, smelling, touching, hearing and even tasting. Thoughts come from two other places as well but it is not time to jump into that at this moment.
So all day long you see statuses and media on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Then you hear snippets about people which are either truth or rumors. Then you sit in the isolation of your thoughts and process what all you have collected. Those thoughts, whether truth, rumor, lies or misconceptions begin to formulate with your level of wisdom and evolve into what you think about people and things.
Based upon your wisdom and input you have received you could either be right on target or totally in left field (that is a baseball term for as far off as you can be). Odds are if you are getting information somewhere other than a direct source and you are adding your own assumptions to the mix... you're probably in left field!
Someone said the other day, "Ok--- call it a ministry but u currently pastor a "church". Same thing, different title." That is what you think but you have no idea what is happening with this ministry or even what is being taught. You have your rumors, assumptions and thoughts but you have never experienced any of it personally.
To be perfectly honest with you, everything that was learned, taught and practiced has been or is being unpacked and reprocessed through the Spirit. No more committees, no more budgets, no more calendars full of meetings and programs, no more offering, no more invitations at the end of a "worship service", no more membership, no more church growth principles, no more marketing, no fundraising, no more condemnation, etc.
There is a lot more reading/studying the Word, more sincere personal relationships, more breakfasts, lunches and dinners, more trust, more adventure, more taking, more giving, more transparency, more prayer, more love, more grace and more understanding.
It use to be explainable... it is not any more.
See... how many thoughts and assumptions were just made in those last two full paragraphs?
Let's talk about it... directly!
Assumptions are based upon the thoughts that pop in your head from seeing, smelling, touching, hearing and even tasting. Thoughts come from two other places as well but it is not time to jump into that at this moment.
So all day long you see statuses and media on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Then you hear snippets about people which are either truth or rumors. Then you sit in the isolation of your thoughts and process what all you have collected. Those thoughts, whether truth, rumor, lies or misconceptions begin to formulate with your level of wisdom and evolve into what you think about people and things.
Based upon your wisdom and input you have received you could either be right on target or totally in left field (that is a baseball term for as far off as you can be). Odds are if you are getting information somewhere other than a direct source and you are adding your own assumptions to the mix... you're probably in left field!
Someone said the other day, "Ok--- call it a ministry but u currently pastor a "church". Same thing, different title." That is what you think but you have no idea what is happening with this ministry or even what is being taught. You have your rumors, assumptions and thoughts but you have never experienced any of it personally.
To be perfectly honest with you, everything that was learned, taught and practiced has been or is being unpacked and reprocessed through the Spirit. No more committees, no more budgets, no more calendars full of meetings and programs, no more offering, no more invitations at the end of a "worship service", no more membership, no more church growth principles, no more marketing, no fundraising, no more condemnation, etc.
There is a lot more reading/studying the Word, more sincere personal relationships, more breakfasts, lunches and dinners, more trust, more adventure, more taking, more giving, more transparency, more prayer, more love, more grace and more understanding.
It use to be explainable... it is not any more.
See... how many thoughts and assumptions were just made in those last two full paragraphs?
Let's talk about it... directly!
RSS Feed