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JimfromOhio

I am happlily married with 5 kids. I am an accoutant and worked in an accounting field for over 25 years. I like to make a habit of writing down whenever I have deep thoughts about God (so I won't forget). I really into Reformed Theology that is connected to Presbyterian Church in America.

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I enjoy having deep thoughts about God and put down what I actually think about (so I won't forget).

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Words expressed, interpretation.

Its hard to see the expressions, see the attitude, hear (see) the tone, and body language online. Through words as someone will read, words should be expressed clearly to make their point across. There are times when our honest expression of an opinion will be misinterpreted, our motive and heart misread. Words can have meaning that varies from person to person when discussing and asking questions. The answers become more clearer when I read some people replies to the questions. When you read the posts, you will look at their wording, whether or not you can discern which is good fruit or bad. However, you can judge how they think and believe based on what they said. Words themselves can reveal fruit of a person's heart/thoughts. A Christian should demonstrate godly love with words carefully and have real credibility based on the words. We are to discuss doctrines but when someone gets personal on a person's spiritual being, that causes strife. Flesh is built upon a balance of personal interests. Selfish personal interest is the motive behind all sinners conduct. As a Christian, I still can have sinful desires, foolish desires, proud desires and at the same time, have godly desires. So, how do we express words in the internet without creating false assumptions of a poster's fruits based on their words? Most of the time, I never had problems with posters who debates without personal attackes or making smart remarks or mocking. That could be the difference. Other than that, I already posted my thoughts about words that comes out from the heart in another thread.