WHAT I THINK ABOUT YOU SAYS A LOT ABOUT ME

Assumptions often come from preconceptions and predispositions, not always requiring fact or real understanding. They can tend to be harsh and may be formed from limited grace. Assumptions often shape our attitudes and responses to situations and people. When we are predisposed to think negatively of others we tend to be mistrusting and judgmental, expecting the worst and attributing less than noble motives to their actions. When we assume the worst of others we tend to interpret their attitudes and actions (regardless of fact) in a way that will justify our assumptions about them. When we are not maturing in the Love of Christ we tend to think of others with contempt. The Love of Christ within us changes things, beginning with ourselves.

1Corinthians 13:4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.