[Faith-talk] thanks everit

[Everett Gavel]

Hello Andrew, and all,

You're welcome, Andrew.  No problem.  Always happy to 
help if and when I can.

And now, what I'm about to say, I mean respectfully. 
Please take it only as the help I'm trying to give it 
as.  If you want to gain someone's respect, we often 
have to try harder than someone without a disability, I 
get that.  No worries.  But we have to pay attention to 
details, quite often, to do a job right.  And so I want 
to suggest to any who may benefit, not just you here, 
Andrew, to please begin paying attention to the details 
of spelling.  Though many people both sighted and 
blind, are fairly poor spellers, it often seems far 
more regular among the blind.  Too many of us, me 
included, put too much trust in our automated voices 
and often don't pay attention to the facts.  This 
leaves us looking bad in others eyes who may ever read 
the things we post on e-mail lists, or in messages 
written to others.  And yes, possible jobs and 
employers may well look you up online to see what 
you're involved in, if anything, when considering 
hiring you.  No, your situation is not a paying job, 
but more people need to keep this tip in mind, as many 
of us would like to work regularly.  Anyway, in this 
instance, I'm just saying to perhaps begin paying more 
attention to details, including the details of spelling 
correctly, typing slower or more accurately, etc. 
Because quite often, the lack of attention to details 
that shows itself in e-mail can be found in other parts 
of one's life, too.

Now, the reason I bring this up is that names of people 
we respond to are easy to check to see how they're 
spelled.  Most times right after you hit the command to 
Reply, you just arrow down a couple lines to see the 
spelling of the person's name to whom you're 
responding.  And yet few seem to care enough to do 
that.  For instance, not that it's a big deal other 
than that this lack of attention to details may hurt 
you in trying to learn or remember the sound system to 
run it.  But, my name for instance, is spelled, 
E-v-e-r-e-t-t, not, Everit.  Though that's better than 
how some have butchered it (smile).

Anyway, it's just a friendly suggestion, seriously, to 
simply begin paying more attention to details.  And I'm 
not talking to just you here Andrew.  Like I've said, 
this is unfortunately an all too common problem among 
the blind, at least with e-mail.  I do it too.  Just 
the other day I realized I was spelling someone's name 
wrong, as 'Kristy' rather than the correct (for her) 
'Kristi.'  Ugh.  Anyway, from an occasional hypocrite, 
there's a tip to try to help.  Take it or leave it. 
(smile)

Well, only a 'hypocrite' in the same sense that 
Christians are all too often called hypocrites.  While 
some foolish people are, most are not.  It's just that 
we, of course, while knowing the correct ways God tells 
us to live, and God tells us to tell others about His 
Word, the Holy Bible, while we try day by day, we still 
fail miserably now and then.  And so we're called 
hypocrites.  To that I give a hearty Bah Humbug.  We 
just fail, or make mistakes, and then begin again, 
anew.  The thing about a Christian is, we never stop 
trying to do our best and be our best for our Lord. 
Thank You, Jesus.


John 6:28-29 (NIV)
28 Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the 
works God requires?"
29 Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe 
in the one he has sent."


Strive On!
Everett
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"We live by faith, not by sight."
~ 2 Cor 5:7 ?




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Edgcumbe" <andrewjedg at gmail.com>
To: <Faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:37 PM
Subject: [Faith-talk] thanks everit


> Hi Everit
>
> Thanks for your reply on the sound issue.
>
> I do have some support from the  other members in the 
> church that are
> involved in  music.
>
> I  don't know if he would step in and say something 
> or not.
>
> One thing he did say to me is basically that he would 
> rather teach
> somebody else rather than me i fought it was kind of 
> rude of him to
> say that.
>
> Pastors are sapost to  encourrage people not keep 
> putting people out
> of ministry.
>