Interpretation
We came upon some friends this evening while shopping. It has been a while since we have seen them, even though they just live down the street. They have been given an assignment that requires that they attend meetings with those that don't speak the same language as they do. We talked for a few minutes about their experience. It has been very challenging for them.
One of the comments that they made was how many words they hear are interpreted differently. I have been thinking about this idea for a while. Here they are talking to people that speak in a different language and how hard it is for them to translate words. A group from on part of the world interprets the same word differently.
At work, we have been spending a great deal of time trying to interpret company policy. I can read the policy and understand it one way and some one else reads it and interprets it a different way. We are reading the same language, but see it differently as we read it. I am amazed at how easy it is to misinterpret something.
Anyway, we go back and forth trying to convey our own interpretations to each other via email. Each of us interpret even the emails differently. What I mean to say when I am saying it, does not always come across the way that I would have liked it to.
We must take care in what we say, how we say it, and then making sure that what have said is understood appropriately. On the other side of that, we need to make sure that when we are reading or hearing what other people are saying that we understand the message they are trying to convey. When we read scripture, we need to make sure that we are in tune with what the Lord was intending to say.
One of the comments that they made was how many words they hear are interpreted differently. I have been thinking about this idea for a while. Here they are talking to people that speak in a different language and how hard it is for them to translate words. A group from on part of the world interprets the same word differently.
At work, we have been spending a great deal of time trying to interpret company policy. I can read the policy and understand it one way and some one else reads it and interprets it a different way. We are reading the same language, but see it differently as we read it. I am amazed at how easy it is to misinterpret something.
Anyway, we go back and forth trying to convey our own interpretations to each other via email. Each of us interpret even the emails differently. What I mean to say when I am saying it, does not always come across the way that I would have liked it to.
We must take care in what we say, how we say it, and then making sure that what have said is understood appropriately. On the other side of that, we need to make sure that when we are reading or hearing what other people are saying that we understand the message they are trying to convey. When we read scripture, we need to make sure that we are in tune with what the Lord was intending to say.
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