Jeff continued:
Like with you and me. If I’m honest with myself, I am probably thinking that my way of thinking is correct, and that you just aren’t able to think as clearly or as rationally as me! It’s probably why we try so hard to explain things to another person with whom we disagree: so they will be able to see just what we are seeing—and then realize that we are right!
Maybe that is why Jesus said we were to “Love One Another”, rather than “Understand One Another”.
If that is the case, then yes, we can and should try to understand one another . . . but we won’t always see things the same as they do. Then the only solution is to Love One Another.
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