Jack’s Winning Words 9/18/17
“A wise man hears one word and understands two.”  (Yiddish Proverb)  Did you know that the phrase, reading between the lines, originated with secret messages written in disappearing ink between the sentences of a letter?  At least, that’s what I’ve read.  Sometimes conversations with people are like that…hidden meanings in what it being said.  While truthfulness is good, I think that sensitivity is better.  The proverb is good advice for both speaker and hearer.   ;-)  Jack

FROM HONEST JOHN:  You just gave me the intro for the sermon this week.   I am baptizing my granddaughter SOPHIA on Sunday at St. Andrew and. Will preach on the subject of wisdom....found in her name and in Isaiah 11.     Thank you.====JACK:  What a great opportunity...to baptize Sophia. and what a great name for a granddaughter of yours.  Here's another Bible verse that you might use - Hosea 11:4 - "God leads his people with human kindness and love.  He is like one who lifts a little child to his cheek."  You can quote that as you lift up Sophia at her baptism.

FROM TAMPA SHIRL:  If u can't say something good,just don't say anything

====FROM BLAZING OAKS:  What an insightful proverb! Yes, understanding the hidden emotion or "truth" behind what is said, (in your word, sensitivity) is the art of a good listener...one that has to be honed. It's like Alan Greenspan is quoted as saying, "If I seem unduly clear to you, you must have misunderstood what I said."