God Makes No Mistakes – Truth & Concentration. Part 7.
T he first part of this is going to be a bit obvious for a lot of people. Put quite simply autistics deal very much in truth and facts and can on occasion hang onto them like a dog with a bone. On occasion we don’t so much speak the truth in love, but in way that leaves people shell-shocked. For instance before I realised that things sounded better in my head and should remain there unspoken things like this used to happen: Teacher: King Herod was a very nasty man. Me (age 5): He was so horrible I would have piddled all over him miss! I spent the rest of the lesson standing in the corner. So as you can imagine the whole thing about ‘taming the tongue’ in James 3 is especially difficult for autistics. That is not to say I should use this as an excuse for just blurting out the first thing that comes into my head as I see it as a fact. It was only after more than my fair share of arguments, awkward silences and the benefits of a very forgiving and loving wife do I have to think ...