My Pastor inquires, “How important is it that we understand what we hear and read?” He then grabs our attention with a story.

“What if I asked someone to relay a message to my wife for me? Imagine that I ask Cliff to go to my wife and tell her that she reminds me of a rose. If my wife should ask Cliff, “What did he mean by that,” how would he answer her? From the list of possible responses, He could choose to say, “I guess he means you’re sticky and that you attract bugs.”

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