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A Taxi Ride with Mr Obvious A Taxi Ride with Mr Obvious

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the British author responsible for the famous Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories had a sense of humor The author told the story of being at a taxi stand outsi de the r ID: 941087

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A Taxi Ride with Mr. Obvious Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the British author responsible for the famous Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories, had a sense of humor. The author told the story of being at a taxi stand outsi de the railway station in Paris w hen a taxi stopped in front of him. H e placed his suitcase in the car and took a seat next to it. The taxi driver immediately recognized him and asked where he could take him. Doyle was shocked that the driver knew him by sight when he had never seen him before. The puzzled Doyle asked him how he knew who he was. The driver confessed that the morning paper had a story about him vacationing in Marseilles. He commented that the taxi stand where they were was where people traditionally disembarked from Marse illes. He further noted that the ink spot on Doyles’ right index finger suggested to him that he was a writer. Continuing his Sherlock Holmes - like observations , he perceived that the author’s clothing was English, not French. Adding it all up, the taxi driver deduced that his customer was the famous Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle was amazed at his powers of perception. The driver continued by saying that there was one other clue to his identity. When Doyle asked what it was, the driver said that the a uthor’s name was on the front of his suitcase. Chalk up another one for Mr. Obvious! Perception is some thing that we all have, but don’ t always know what to do with. In

the Bible, there are seven Hebrew words and eleven Greek words that have to do with perception. They refer to our ability to understand, see, hear, know, observe, find, and discover. Perception is about s eeing beyond the exterior to what is happening, the reasons why it is happening, and what we should do about it. Jesus functioned , in p art, through h is powers of perception. He was able to see past the exterior of people and gaze into their hearts. The stories of the ‘sinful’ woman who came to Jesus and anointed his feet in the house of a Pharisee (Luke 7:36 - 50); Levi the tax collector (Mark 2: 13 - 17); the woman with an issue of blood (Mark 5: 25 - 36); the demon - possessed man (Mark 5: 1 - 20); and the woman at the well (John 4: 1 - 41) all show how the Master was able to perceive what lay behind the surface of a person’ s life . Jesus also invited his hearers to look into their hearts and perceive what was there. In Luke 6:41, i n the Sermon on the Plain, the Master directed the faithful to be careful about judging others before they took a good long hard look at the condition of their own heart s. T o do this, we need to step back and be still before God so that he can reveal to us the direction we need to go and the roadblocks that stand in our way. Good perception leads to honest discernmen t. As we improve our perceiving and discerning skills, we pave the way for a more impactful and benevolent life. Blessings. P