PROMISES

Words are like a river, they gush forth into streams of promises, lies and all the other rivulets of thought that flood our minds. And most of the time, we never really know for sure how such things always water the feeling of other.

There are just too many times it is other than what we expect or want. And how easy it is for our words to end up drenching in a way other than we want or desire.

It all is part of the problem that comes under that predictable term of communication. We all talk about it being important, but somehow in the practical demands of every day words it just gets lost at times.

There are always two parts to the river of words. The one where the words flow and the other where they are received.

And if one of those isn't working right then what happens is less than correct or true. But the mind seldom behaves as we want. So we end up in the process of something other than pure dialogue.

All of which leads to confusion and misunderstanding. Which seldom ends in a positive result.

Somehow despite it all life does manage to function. It is truly does get snarled at times in a wasteland where the only thing that happens is finger pointing. Which never results in good consequences.

The flaws of thought and expression run deep in life. We can always find them other than what blesses.

Fortunately, God is aware of this fact. He isn't likely to let it keep him from accomplishing his purposes.

To the untrained eye things like the Bible can't possible convey anything perfectly if man had touched it. Likewise those who preach and teach God's word will be vulnerable to the same communication problems as anyone.

Yet, God still uses teachers and pastors to communicate his word. And even though it has been put in some many different languages, we also know how in the process various languages will have different ways of saying something.

It can be a source for some of claiming that you can't really know the truth in the process. All of which discounts the power of God's spirit to influence people.

For with the Lord he can touch in so many ways other than the ways we assume he should communicate. Which is perhaps the great blessing of all that God can and do make sure truth prevails.