We judge all too quickly. We often take quick and unreasoned cues from our five senses. Thinking that our senses present infallible truth, we respond to their dictates like Zombies. We cry, we rejoice; we hate, we love; we advance, we retreat; we fear, we are bold...all because our senses say so. We pride in our freedom to choose, yet we are slaves to our feelings. True liberty is not in doing what first comes to your mind. it's your ability to provide a reasoned response to your feeling that casts you as free. What do free people do? They listen to their senses but delay response until they have explored wide enough to come to a decision. That exploring may require praying, studying, asking questions, judging... Whatever they do, they defer gratification of their feelings till they have come to a reasoned conclusion that is consistent with their vision.
Our senses are mere sensors to alert us there is a decision to be made. They are not the decisions. They are not the real deal. The real deal lies in the way the data from the senses are analyzed for the best decision.
So, don't jump the gun. Your feelings of fear, hatred, and defeat are not a command to 'Go' but a 'Get Set' to make a reasoned, God-inspired, decision.
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