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Faith&Friends
Open Mouth, Insert Foot When it comes to jumping to conclusions, look—and think—before you leap.
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by Joyce Starr Macias
umping to a conclusion that turns out to be wrong is not unusual. Especially for me. I’ve been known to do it more often than I like to admit. Jaw Dropper I remember, for instance, the morning at church when I greeted a trim dark-haired man who was
standing next to a gray-haired woman. I wrongly assumed she was his mother. Reaching out to shake my hand, he said, “It’s very nice to meet you, Joyce.” Fortunately, before I voiced what my mind was thinking, the man added: “And I’d like you to meet my wife, Mary.” I recovered quickly enough to
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