Psalm 40:1-I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.

One the greatest lessons I think a person can ever learn, especially in relationships, is how to listen. How to hear other people talking without selfishly trying to filter everything they say through our clever objections and viewpoint can be hard. I learned in my years working as a counselor for young people the hardest thing to do was to listen how they thought!

When people talk do you find yourself really trying to "hear" their viewpoint? If so do you take the next step and try to understand why they think that way? Then do you conclude with frustration how incompetent they are or have compassion on their perspective? I find that most of us struggle to get past the first consideration of not defending our view, is that true for you?

What makes prayer such a privilege that I’ve learned to appreciate as life gets overwhelming at times, is that God listens. Though He never compromises His Word no matter how much we sulk, He listens when we cry out to Him. Regardless if it makes sense or not, He listens to our heart until we know and feel that we have been heard! God may then correct us, but I truly believe we are more ready to consider being corrected if we know we’ve been heard. Are you listening to the heart of people like God, or more interested in your own view, which dismisses the person completely?

In His Love, Ld

On Nov 20, 2012 11:41 AM, "eldoret gentry" <eldorets> wrote: