I recently quoted
a government official for a newspaper article and he later said, “I know that’s
what I said, but that’s not what I meant.” I’ve seen something similar in
sermons and public meditations where speakers misspeak, but rather than
correcting their words they just assume their audience will understand what
they meant to say. Proverbs warns, “Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the
tongue of the wise brings healing” (Proverbs 12:18 NIV).
No comments:
Post a Comment