Assume...

Chocolate chip cookie dough.  That’s what our friends brought last night.  

They had called and wanted to stop by.  Since it was dinner time they would bring pizza. So I turned on the oven and waited.  

When they arrived I stuck the pizza in the oven and the dough in the refrigerator.  

We visited, ate the pizza, cleared the dirty dishes. It was time for dessert.  

So, I removed the dough from the refrigerator, grabbed four spoons and plunked the container on the table.  

Everyone stared at me. I stood there puzzled.  Thought a minute and began laughing. “Oh, when you said you brought dessert, you meant hot freshly baked cookies."

I had even laughed when I stuck them in the refrigerator looking for the “don’t eat raw cookie dough” and finding it!  We all had a good laugh as I turned the still warm oven on to bake the cookies. 

Sometimes I assume one thing and another person has a different plan.  Personally, I like cookie dough  raw and baked. Last night baking the dough never entered my mind.  Until I saw their stunned faces. 

Sometimes, my husband says something and I assume he means something else. Or I respond in an unexpected way. It is best to check our what he means. Solves many misunderstandings.

Do I do the same with God’s Word?  He has one meaning and I read it my way?