Misunderstanding Is The Devils Playground

Eric Edge
11 min readNov 9, 2023

A change of perception of what we believe can turn our misunderstanding into understanding, a villain into a saint, an evil racist into a really nice guy, and can even turn heartbreak and failure into a heart that’s restored, healed, and newly transformed into something beautiful.

Watch this short clip about misunderstanding and how easy it is for us to judge one another and succumb to misunderstanding’s seductive powers.

Let me let you know what I believe to be the greatest of all misunderstandings that paint you and me as Christians as self-righteous anti-science bigots.

The world carries the baggage of prejudicial thoughts towards God throughout their lifetime. The Bible says that their attitude towards God is one of unjust hostility. We have to fight through to let them know that all we are saying is the gift of God is eternal life.

“In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.” (2Corinthians4:4)

The moment they understand the gravity of what we are saying is the moment we see a radical change of mind and of heart. It’s like the lights have…

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Eric Edge

I grew up in an abusive, so-called religious family, but somehow the amazing grace of God protected my heart, soul and mind and I've been grateful ever since.