Eli made the same mistake so many people make: he assumed Hannah was drunk. He based that not on fact but sight. So often division occurs in our home, church, and place of business because people assume.
Reminds me of the following story.
The photographer for a national magazine was assigned to get photos of a great forest fire. Smoke at the scene hampered him and he asked his home office to hire a plane. Arrangements were made and he was told to go at once to a nearby airport, where the plane would be waiting. When he arrived at the airport, a plane was warming up near the runway. He jumped in with his equipment and yelled, “Let's go! Let's go!” The pilot swung the plane into the wind and they soon were in the air.
“Fly over the north side of the fire,” yelled the photographer, “and make three or four low level passes.”
“Why?” asked the pilot.
“Because I'm going to take pictures,” cried the photographer. “I'm a photographer and photographers take pictures!”
After a pause the pilot said, “You mean you're not the instructor?”
Assuming causes many problems, not only for the one the assumption is against, but also for the one doing the assuming.
Don’t cause rifts by assuming!! It may come back to haunt you!!
Dr. Mike Rouse
What to do:
✞Remember, assuming you know does not make it factual; but assuming you know and spreading it makes if “frac”tual.
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