Things You Say You Don't Know

"Don't let the things you DON'T know confuse the things you DO know!" Where have you heard that before? And, were you really listening?

When I heard it from a friend of mine several years ago, it stuck in my head like a tune you can't stop humming—and I've repeated that truth often. My friend, a pastor, was actually talking about how difficult passages in the Bible are sometimes hard to understand on first reading. He said, "Don't let yourself get derailed or discouraged because of something you don't understand—take comfort in the things you DO understand, and the things you DON'T will become clearer down the road with more knowledge and context."