Ignorantly insightful

We are, at times, ignorantly insightful. Sounds like a contradiction, doesn't it? But what do I mean when I say that? We can say things that speak greatly into a situation, but without understanding either what we are saying, or the situation we are saying them towards.

There is a way in which we can mirror actions. We can do what others do, and say what others say. All of this, without understanding. For instance, being a Barista is (to an extant) to be an artisan. As such, both skill and an artistic taste are required. But a person may come along, and too ignorant to understand fully all the reasoning that goes into doing something, and as a result they simply copy their mentors method. The mentor could be the best Barista in the world. The most skilled. The most artistic. The most thoroughly thought out. What ever. The students work would then reflect these attributes if the student is able to simply copy the work. It would seem, by looking at the work alone, that this student were a master Barista. This is ignorant insight on the part of the student.

The Hebrew Scriptures, as some of us know and believe, are written by God. They are his revelation to us. The irony here is that He is the great Master of all things. How can I be His student? See, with the Scriptures, there is massive room for ignorant insight. He is always right, and for me to simply mirror him is to echo his insight. Insight that I cannot comprehend. I can never know the limits of his words. But my speaking them echos their depths. Like copying a master piece of a painting by simply taking a picture of it. My speaking of scripture to some extent requires me to speak in ignorance, but only because I don't understand the depths of insight.