Most of you men know that when you wife says "I don't care" it doesn't really mean that she doesn't care.

I can demonstrate that. For instance, if you were to say "honey where would you like me to take you to dinner?" some evening after work, and you got the answer in question our of her, try taking her to an all-you-can-eat hotdog stand somewhere. Or if she hates seafood, some fish joint. What you will find is while she says she doesn't care, there are many, many places she most certainly DOES care - not to go for dinner!

A couple weeks ago I had a lock-down at work where we sit in a room all day with all the people involved in a project and we discuss what we did wrong in the last year, what we did right, and what we are going to do in the future. I have had root canals and yes I think they are more interesting. No laptops allow, just the three P's - paper, pencils, and personalities. For a couple days. Ugh. Anyway at the end of the day the big boss says he is going to take us all to dinner and asks where we want to go. Mind you, 9 people are involved in this process, who were interested in eating dinner together.

The first choice is Italian, but one person hates that. The next choice is Tai but one person (a different person) hates that. A burger joint is suggested, but one person is a vegetarian. You can see how this is going to turn out. We discuss Chinese, pizza, seafood, even the mall. There is always one person who protests.

Finally the big boss pulls rank and says we are going to Fancy Schmancy place XYZ and we all go and have a fine time and everyone gets something to eat that they like. But it struck me how hard it was for just a few people to come to an agreement when they have to decide among themselves. When we started, many people said they didn't care. But when they saw others did care, they suddenly voiced their opinions, too.

Occasionally people take the silence of the scriptures as approval for something or other. They set aside principles and try to use common sense, which I would submit to you that when there is disagreement it cannot be common and it is rarely sensible. An example - instrumental worship.

Some say a piano is fine. But if we allow for that, why not a lot more? The Air Force Academy has a full orchestra. I have heard some, who are ok with a piano or organ, say an orchestra is too much! I have also had a friend who attended a group in Denver that had dimmed the lights and beat on bongos. One likes this but doesn't like that, and so on. There is always someone who protests, else these all could worship together, but they never will.

Still the big boss has pulled rank and said sing. If they would just try that I suspect they could all gather and have a fine time worshiping God, if that was their purpose to do together. That is, if they care to.

Randy