Lingo

I like the work lingo. I'm not sure why, maybe I like the way it sounds... lingo. Maybe it's because my Mom loves Bingo and I played Bingo as a kid with her. Maybe it is because you could use this in all areas of life. For example, the business lingo, the football lingo, the cooking lingo, the computer lingo, the Church lingo, and on and on. When I think on lingo, I think of people just using to sound like they know what they are talking about. Mostly because they feel unqualified to either talk about the subject or because they feel like they should know about the subject. Now although these two reason seem close they are very different. The unqualified is when someone comes to you with a questions (pick your own example), but you do not have enough knowledge on the subject so you use the lingo to give them what you know packaged with the lingo. Most likely you turn the question into something you have dealt with and brush by the question. Now lack of knowledge, although closely related, is when you are with a group and everybody is talking about a subject (again pick an example) and you just throw around some of the lingo to make it seem like you know what you are talking about. This mostly makes you look like an idiot.

I sometimes laugh at our need as humans to be accepted. It is humorous to watch sometimes. Our desire to be "apart" of something, to be accepted, to be liked, looked up to make us do or say some amazing things. This will also have people use the lingo in a setting to make them sound smart or important. I see this more times than not. These people saying things like "well I am trying to rebuild my 600m. It doesn't have all the memory I would like, so since I am already in their I figure why not add a USB port and upgrade my operating system." Now I am sure some of you know what all of that means, but to be honest I'm not sure you can do that? That is just some of the lingo...

OK what's my point.

I just think it is sad that we can not be honest people. Why not just say, you know what I'm not sure, or I really do not have a lot of knowledge on the subject, or I'm still learning myself. Why do we have this desire to lead or be looked up to. If you think about it we are just fellow followers. I guess it goes back to humility... How humble are you? I know I see and hear all to often of people who ask serious questions about what is going on in their life and they get the lingo. Someone might ask why am I going through this valley in my life, with all this pain or failures? The unfortunate thing about this questions is the answer they most likely might get.... God will not give you more than you can handle, or God uses everything HE will not let this pass without you learning something from it. OUCH....

Before you Bible thumpers get to excited I'm not saying that isn't true. I'm simple saying where is the Love that God talks about? God doesn't tell us to use the lingo... HE tells us to Love. Why not just humble yourself and love them. Tell them you are their for them. That they will not walk the valley alone, that if they have something they want to talk about you will listen..... That's it listen. People need to be heard, not fixed. It isn't our job to fix, it is our job to listen. When they are ready for help they will tell you.

God I pray that I do not use the lingo with people, I want to be real, honest, transparent... A man of Integrity. I pray that people will learn how to be the people you call us to be. In Jesus name Amen.