MISUNDERSTANDINGS !
Have you ever been driving and some lunatic zooms up next to you and then puts on their indicator to cut in front of you ? What is your natural reaction besides wanting to stick your head out the window and give them a mouthful, not to mention what you want to do with your fingers. If you have time you want to slowly increase your speed so that it is impossible for them to get in front of you. Or when they have changed lanes ride as close to their bumper as possible.
Have you ever noticed that when you’ve been driving and you are in the left lane and the street that you need to turn at is the very next street on your right. You’ve left it a bit late because you really didn’t know where you were going and the only way that you can make the turn is to put on your indicator and make a hasty lane change. All the time hoping that it will be a kind person who is driving who will forgive your crazy driving and not give you a mouthful or ride your bumper.
Same situation – two different ways of interpreting the reality of the situation !
Misunderstandings and contradictions !
Have you ever watched the movie Avatar ? No ! Well then I think you should make it a priority. So I don’t spoil the movie for you fast forward down to the bold heading of Misunderstandings because my next comments stem from that movie.
If you have seen the movie you will understand the contradiction / misunderstandings that happen between what the sky people ( the humans ) want to do and what the Na’vi are all about ( the blue avatars -natives of Pandora ). The humans are money hungry and are on this planet to extract a very rare material from the ground that is worth a fortune. The humans want this expensive commodity at all cost and don’t understand the environmental impact. I think they are starting to realise through the efforts of some passionate scientists but it is too late because the army is there to flex some muscle. The humans really don’t understand the complex relationships the Na’vi people have with mother earth and how knocking over some trees will cause a major catastrophic environmental impact.
Its not until an army marine is sent in undercover to try to get these people to relocate that he starts to discover first hand the complicated relationships and how these people are inextricably linked to their environment. The undercover operative is accepted amoungst these people and is blown away by their love of the earth and their culture. He falls in love with one of the natives and in the end becomes one. Misunderstandings ? On a major scale !
Misunderstandings !!!
Misunderstandings !!! They happen all the time don’t they ? Im wondering if a good portion of misunderstandings happen because people don’t fully understand the situation, or both sides of the story. Certainly in the first driving example that was certainly the case and it was most definitely the case with the movie Avatar. Everyone had an agenda and didn’t want to budge an inch.
When I look at the scriptures the biggest instance of misunderstanding happened with Jesus. By and large people just didn’t get who he was and why he was on earth. Even those who were the closest to him, his disciples were a bit hazy on what was going on !!
What happens when people don’t get who you are and what you are doing ? Do you write them off ? Jesus calls us to do something completely radical and unheard of !! Pray for them ! Hard as it is, if you can do this I have noticed a couple of things could happen.
It might change the other person,
It might change you,
It might change you both,
And you will be embarking on a completely different path, one which Jesus calls all of his followers to take.
Its powerful stuff I can assure you of that ! Here’s the challenge, the next time you come across someone who doesn’t get you, pray for them.
God bless you
Andrew…
Have you ever noticed that when you’ve been driving and you are in the left lane and the street that you need to turn at is the very next street on your right. You’ve left it a bit late because you really didn’t know where you were going and the only way that you can make the turn is to put on your indicator and make a hasty lane change. All the time hoping that it will be a kind person who is driving who will forgive your crazy driving and not give you a mouthful or ride your bumper.
Same situation – two different ways of interpreting the reality of the situation !
Misunderstandings and contradictions !
Have you ever watched the movie Avatar ? No ! Well then I think you should make it a priority. So I don’t spoil the movie for you fast forward down to the bold heading of Misunderstandings because my next comments stem from that movie.
If you have seen the movie you will understand the contradiction / misunderstandings that happen between what the sky people ( the humans ) want to do and what the Na’vi are all about ( the blue avatars -natives of Pandora ). The humans are money hungry and are on this planet to extract a very rare material from the ground that is worth a fortune. The humans want this expensive commodity at all cost and don’t understand the environmental impact. I think they are starting to realise through the efforts of some passionate scientists but it is too late because the army is there to flex some muscle. The humans really don’t understand the complex relationships the Na’vi people have with mother earth and how knocking over some trees will cause a major catastrophic environmental impact.
Its not until an army marine is sent in undercover to try to get these people to relocate that he starts to discover first hand the complicated relationships and how these people are inextricably linked to their environment. The undercover operative is accepted amoungst these people and is blown away by their love of the earth and their culture. He falls in love with one of the natives and in the end becomes one. Misunderstandings ? On a major scale !
Misunderstandings !!!
Misunderstandings !!! They happen all the time don’t they ? Im wondering if a good portion of misunderstandings happen because people don’t fully understand the situation, or both sides of the story. Certainly in the first driving example that was certainly the case and it was most definitely the case with the movie Avatar. Everyone had an agenda and didn’t want to budge an inch.
When I look at the scriptures the biggest instance of misunderstanding happened with Jesus. By and large people just didn’t get who he was and why he was on earth. Even those who were the closest to him, his disciples were a bit hazy on what was going on !!
What happens when people don’t get who you are and what you are doing ? Do you write them off ? Jesus calls us to do something completely radical and unheard of !! Pray for them ! Hard as it is, if you can do this I have noticed a couple of things could happen.
It might change the other person,
It might change you,
It might change you both,
And you will be embarking on a completely different path, one which Jesus calls all of his followers to take.
Its powerful stuff I can assure you of that ! Here’s the challenge, the next time you come across someone who doesn’t get you, pray for them.
God bless you
Andrew…
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