Hmmmm….. some things are worth hearing again from time to time.
Things like the idea of listening more and speaking less.
Two ears. One mouth.
There’s a message there, it seems.
Will we hear it?
Here’s what King Solomon wrote in Proverbs 29:20:
“Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them.”
This is quite a humbling verse to those of us who have found it easy over the years to open our mouths with comments. Sometimes we opened them too often and too widely.
I’ve found that such an approach is sometimes not in my best interests or the best interests of another.
The older I become, the more careful I am to listen.
Hopefully, I’ll still be improving whenever God believes it’s time for me to start listening directly to Him in heaven.
At least now, my ratio of considerate listening vs. waiting-for-somebody-to-stop-talking is a good bit north of 50 percent.
Thank God for progress. I’m not perfect in this regard but I am slowly being perfected by the Word and Spirit of God.
Please listen closely to the leading of God’s Holy Spirit while others are speaking. It’s not to be a race as to who will share their ideas more quickly, but instead a sincere dialog with important ideas and passions understood more fully.
That’s how Jesus approached His conversations with people. Let’s do the same.
As always, I love you
Martin
