There is a person reading the email
Do we think about
what happens when we send an email?
A person reads
it. They are not a ‘receipient’, but a living, breathing person.
This is someone made
in God’s image and of great value in his eyes. This person has thoughts,
feelings, fears, agendas, needs and wants of their own. These may or may not coincide,
clash, overlap with ours.
How easy it is to
rush through our email in-box in a frenzied desire to ‘deal, delegate, defer or
delete’ in a ruthless task orientated manner.
And so we toss
out replies, with barely a personal word anywhere, not bothering to correct
typos and not considering the reader’s frame. I confess to all this and worse
when in a high-output mode,
What to do? Slow
down! Breathe! Think about the person! Correct the typos! And pause to pray for
the reader and the subject matter before hitting send.
