Reading Between the Lines
Early in our relationship, pre-marriage, Randy and I would run into (funny, now) miscommunication. It would start with a simple question or statement from Randy. "Do you want to go?" And I would read between the lines , inserting, or assuming, an entire imaginary conversation, complete with hidden motives, colored by my own experiences, and then respond to what he did not ask or say. Something like this. He doesn't want to go. He thinks I'm silly because I actually kinda do want to go. There are better things we could do with our time, I'm sure. He's hoping he doesn't have to go but wants us to be in agreement on it, that's why he's asking for my opinion. We'll have to be really intentional about doing "holy" activities if we go to something that's not actively edifying us. So I might respond with something like, "Not everything has to be Bible study." And he would be utterly confused, saying, ...