Most people have felt it—the quiet urge to answer before fully listening. To form an opinion before reading the whole story. It happens in conversations, in headlines, even in faith. A single line gets pulled out, a favorite verse becomes a slogan, and suddenly we feel certain.
But Scripture was never meant to be skimmed like a caption or quoted like a fortune cookie. It invites patience. It asks us to slow down, to sit in the context, to wrestle with what is true about God and what is true about us. Sometimes what we find corrects us. Sometimes it comforts us. Often, it does both.
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