Have you ever been wrong about something or someone?
I don't think my good friend, Mava Fout, will mind me sharing this.
"We had a new girl in my class today and she's pretty."
I don't think my good friend, Mava Fout, will mind me sharing this.
"We had a new girl in my class today and she's pretty."
"Oh, really, what's her name?"
"It's Mava Iva Jean."
I think this was first or second grade, I can't remember for sure but one thing I was sure of was her name.
" So, Jean is her last name?" my daddy inquired.
"Yep.......Mava Iva Jean, and she's pretty."
"Well, I don't guess I know anyone with the last name of Jean who lives in our area. They must have just moved here. I'll see if I can find out a bit more about them," said my dad, and he would.
My dad was always good about checking out the kids I wanted to be friends with. And, it wasn't just when I was in grade school. I remember one time in particular when I was a junior in high school, he checked out a friend and I was a little embarrassed.
You see, I had met this boy through FFA-FHA regional meeting. We kept in touch for a time afterward and he asked if he could come and take me to a movie. Before I was allowed to go, my daddy drove all the way to Lead Hill, where he lived, and inquired about him and his family. I was given permission to go to the movie with him if we came straight home afterward, which we did.
As it turned out, my daddy did some checking about this Mava Iva Jean and informed me that her name was Mava Jean Ivie and her daddy was a painter.
But........I was so sure I had her name right....
My first opinion of one young man who sat behind me at a basketball game one night wasn't good. He kept pestering me and being quite obnoxious actually. He wasn't someone I thought at the time I wanted to get to know. How wrong I was........this year I will have been married to him 59 years.
How often have you been so very certain about someone that you formed an opinion you weren't willing to change? How often have you missed out on a friendship just because a friend told you something about someone and you believed them without checking it out? Or, your first experience with them wasn't the best.
"A fool does not care whether he understands a thing or not; all he wants to do is show how smart he is." Proverbs 18:2 (GNV)
"It's Mava Iva Jean."
I think this was first or second grade, I can't remember for sure but one thing I was sure of was her name.
" So, Jean is her last name?" my daddy inquired.
"Yep.......Mava Iva Jean, and she's pretty."
"Well, I don't guess I know anyone with the last name of Jean who lives in our area. They must have just moved here. I'll see if I can find out a bit more about them," said my dad, and he would.
My dad was always good about checking out the kids I wanted to be friends with. And, it wasn't just when I was in grade school. I remember one time in particular when I was a junior in high school, he checked out a friend and I was a little embarrassed.
You see, I had met this boy through FFA-FHA regional meeting. We kept in touch for a time afterward and he asked if he could come and take me to a movie. Before I was allowed to go, my daddy drove all the way to Lead Hill, where he lived, and inquired about him and his family. I was given permission to go to the movie with him if we came straight home afterward, which we did.
As it turned out, my daddy did some checking about this Mava Iva Jean and informed me that her name was Mava Jean Ivie and her daddy was a painter.
But........I was so sure I had her name right....
My first opinion of one young man who sat behind me at a basketball game one night wasn't good. He kept pestering me and being quite obnoxious actually. He wasn't someone I thought at the time I wanted to get to know. How wrong I was........this year I will have been married to him 59 years.
How often have you been so very certain about someone that you formed an opinion you weren't willing to change? How often have you missed out on a friendship just because a friend told you something about someone and you believed them without checking it out? Or, your first experience with them wasn't the best.
"A fool does not care whether he understands a thing or not; all he wants to do is show how smart he is." Proverbs 18:2 (GNV)
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