Theos-Talk Archives (December 1995 Message tl00019)

Eldon to Alan:
>You make a good point here that we should be responsive to someone's
>*intent* and not what they literally say. If someone is wanting
>sympathy and a shoulder to cry on the appropriate reply would be
>different than if they were seeking to understand *why* something
>happened.

This is exactly the point that I tried to make awhile back
about the necessity for at least some psychism. The only way to
know how to really help a person is to be able to look into his/her
heart and sense what is wrong and what the real need is.

Jerry S.