Many injustices in life come from hearing only one side of the story. Reputations become ruined when gossip is spread and those gossiped about are never given the opportunity to explain or tell their side. Groups are divided and churches even split because time is never taken to actually hear and understand the other side of the story.

Instead of listening and talking, judgments are made, angers flare, and relationships are destroyed. We should seek to hear all sides of a story and give an honest effort to understand them and see it from all points of view before we make a decision or give an answer (cf. Proverbs 18:13).

Jeremy Sprouse