Misunderstandings

2 Samuel 10

A woman was waiting at an airport to board her plane. She went to a vending machine and bought a small package of cookies. Then she sat down and began reading a newspaper. Soon, she became aware of a rustling noise. From behind her paper she was surprised to see a neatly dressed man helping himself to the package of cookies. Not wanting to make a scene, she leaned over and took a cookie herself.

A minute or two passed, and then came more rustling. He was helping himself to another cookie. By this time, they had come to the end of the package. She was so angry, she didn’t dare allow herself to say anything. Then, as if to add insult to injury, the man broke the last cookie in two and pushed half across to her, and ate the other half then left.

Still fuming some time later when her flight was announced, the woman opened her handbag to get her ticket. To her amazement and embarrassment, there was her unopened package of cookies!

Wrong assumptions lead to many of our misunderstandings.

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