Taught? Or told?

Hello everyone! I'm new to this whole blog thing, so bare with me... lol!! For my first blog I want to talk about something that people seem to not understand. Growing up, people assumed that I knew things when it came to God and church. Did someone tell me who God could be in my life? Yes! Did I get taught things of the Bible? Yes! Did I know some of the things that people thought I should know? Yes! I knew a lot of information, but there were a lot of it I did not know. Looking back on it now, I feel that I was TOLD a lot of things and not TAUGHT.  Being TOLD something is to be ordered, instructed, or to advise someone to do something. Being TAUGHT something is to show or explain to (someone) how to do something. Yes, I was taught a lot of things but I was also told a lot of things. The reason I say this is because a lot of things I was told I did not (and still don't) understand nor remember the importance of it. I did not realize this until I had conversation with some of those who "taught" me or those who "learned" as I supposedly learned. They did not understand WHY I didn't remember things. Or why I didn't feel the need to do some things that the church said we were supposed to do. Or why I didn't know something that they knew I was taught. But my answer to them was, everyone is not the same. Just because you learned and remember it doesn't mean that I learned it or remember it. I may remember it being mentioned but I didn't understand it enough to say that I learned the information.

As a child, I was very shy. I was no such thing as a leader. Being a leader was the opposite of me. Why? I feel like I wanted to fit into the in crowd. I didn't want to stick out like a sore thumb. Well, that didn't work out too well... lol!! But honestly, I didn't speak up if I didn't understand something so I wouldn't be laughed at. I knew how to recite what I was told. But to say that I understood what I was saying is a VERY LONG stretch. Have I come to grips with this? I fee I have. I do know that there is a lot I have to go back and read and study so I can say, yes I agree with what you're doing or no, I don't agree with what you're doing. My time is running short, my lunch is almost over. So I may write more tomorrow on this same subject. I'm not sure if everyone will receive, understand, or accept this blog, but it's just something that was on my mind. Readers please make sure that you are being TAUGHT things that you need to be taught and not just TOLD. There is a HUGE difference.