When things don’t make sense to you is your nature to dig for the answer by asking questions, investigating, and researching because you don’t understand what makes something or someone tick? Do you tend to lean towards what you do understand and compare the unknown to the known? And, is it typically with a critical spirit rather than a discerning or forgiving spirit because it is easier to criticize than to listen or dig deeper? Dale Carnegie says it best…
“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.” Dale Carnegie
OUCH!!!
Who wants to be a fool? But, what happens when you just can’t dig any deeper for those answers? Well, that is when you need to…
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;” Proverbs 3:5
When things don’t make sense rather than criticize, complain, condemn, or lose control…