Understanding.......................................

      Much of the Bible is confusing, but the most important parts aren't.  Sometimes I wonder if folks keep arguing about the confusing parts so they don't have to get started doing the simple parts.  So a long time ago, your father and I decided that if a certain scripture turns our judgment outward instead of inward, if it requires us to worry about changing others instead of ourselves, if it doesn't help us become better lovers of God and life and others, it it distracts us from what we are supposed to be doing down here - finding God in everyone, feeding hungry people, comforting the sick and the sad, giving whatever we have to give, and laying down our lives for our friends - then we assume we don't understand it yet, and we get back to what we do understand.

-Glennon Doyle Melton,  Carry On, Warrior:  The Power of Embracing Your Messy Beautiful Life