listening

Listening. We are not as good at it as we should be. A wise man once told me, "you're talking when you should be listening."

This is the key reason that we do not grow spiritually. We get filled with knowledge that we do not apply to our lives. We foolishly and smugly decide that we have arrived. We come up with all of the "answers" before we understand the questions. In fact, we never understand the questions quite as much as we think we do.

My Dad used to say, "the older I get, the less I know." Listening to God and to one another is so important. We don't know near as much as we think we do, and as soon as we figure that out, things start to get better.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.