There are so many things we don’t remember from those early years in school. The thing that bothers me is the useless information we did retain.
He was a first-grader trying to read aloud to the class under the tutelage of the teacher. Sometimes he would come to a word and lock up so the teacher would say the word and he would repeat it. As this was in progress, a fly landed on his nose and the teacher said, “There is a fly on your nose.” He quickly repeated, “There is a fly on your nose.” Those of us following along as he read laughed and the others wondered what had happened.
That memory is meaningless unless I can use it in this devotional. Repeating what someone else says can lead to embarrassment:
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Listen closely, and don’t repeat words unless you are convinced they are appropriate. Embarrassment might be a minor outcome when you consider the whole picture.
Think about it.
Gary