I Need Webster

If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. James 1:5‭-‬6 NIV

I conducted a day-long training event today. When I read this verse this morning I thanked God for the reminder and asked for his wisdom as I delivered the presentations. After six hours of teaching and answering questions, I was pleased with how the training went. As I was leaving the room one of the attendees stopped me. He said, "I like you so I say this to help you. It's pronounced 'cognitive' as in cognition. Everyone says it differently but I wanted to pull you aside rather than correct you in front of everyone."

Well after I recovered what was left of my pride....and stifled the biggest laugh I've ever felt coming on....I reminded him that we've also been pronouncing the word 'status' wrong for decades! He agreed and said that I was doing so well until I said cognitive wrong and I then lost all credibility.

I couldn't really do anything but say thanks. I mean what else can you say when you make such a horrible awful mistake in butchering the English language like that?

Lucky for us God doesn't find fault because we ask him for wisdom or discernment, even when we pronounce the words wrong. I think God would accept our praise and prayers regardless of the language, which by the way we use the word regardless wrong all the time. But I digress. God won't sit through you're PowerPoint and find fault with it. He won't point out your grammatical mistakes. He won't bring up the time you got tongue tied while talking or that last presentation where you mixed up the words. He's there to help you over those hurdles. He gives generously. Let him.

Now, go Google cognitive. You know you want to.