You Saw Me Sitting at the Bar....But You Didn't Know the Story

There was a woman whose favorite restaurant was Olive Garden. Every payday she would order takeout and go pick up her order at the restaurant where the pick-up orders were located, which was the bar. She normally did not have any trouble with her order. She would pick up her order and leave.

But one day when she arrived to pick up her order, some items were missing and not made appropriately. They had to redo her order, which left her standing at the bar waiting. So while she was standing, she decided to sit at the bar to wait for her food.

While she was sitting there, some individuals from a church saw her. They did not see any alcohol in her hand. They just saw her sitting at the bar and began to bring false accusations. They told others that they saw her drinking at the bar. Although there was no evidence of alcohol, they assumed based on what they saw.

The woman did not see the individuals from church come in, nor did they speak to her, so she had no idea this had even happened. Weeks later, she was approached and told that someone said she drinks and that a group of church people saw her at the bar.

In her defense, her first response was to laugh. Then she stated, “I don’t drink.” Still, they wanted her to prove her case because the “evidence” showed she was at the bar.

How many times have we falsely accused others by adding on to what we saw without evidence?

We automatically assume. We build false cases in our mind without facts.

We do not consider the character or integrity of the person. We just accuse. And we don’t realize the consequences of being a false witness.

This woman, who was very faithful and didn’t drink, was not accused by the world. She was accused by people who were supposed to represent Christ. And it was all based on assumption. We must be careful not to speak before we know. We must be careful not to accuse what we don’t understand. Because when we do, we step into dangerous territory, especially when the person is innocent.