Yesterday I left a word out of one of the sentences in my post: “Stop talking tithe and start spreading excitement.” There’s a big difference between encouraging someone to stop spreading excitement and calling for them to start spreading excitement. One word can make a huge difference.
How often do we leave out one word and get a completely wrong understanding of something? How often do we act without all the words, lacking crucial information? How often do we view a list of sins and blank out the one that trips us up most? How often do we consider a list of good deeds and can only focus on the one we occasionally do?
When we speak to others, how often do we leave out one word, often the important word, the hard word, the word that conveys the whole point of our conversation? Do we try to convey the Gospel and leave out sin or repentance or even Jesus?
There’s probably a conversation you know you need to have. You have gone over it in your mind. Trying to find just the right words. You want to convey an important message with the minimal amount of pain and the most effectiveness. Maybe it’s time to have that conversation. Maybe you need to use all the important words. Maybe you need to say them all, regardless of the consequences.
Sorry about leaving out the important word yesterday.
Be bold and complete and be blessed.
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