verseoftheday

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame. Proverbs 18:13 ESV Solomon says listen first. But if I answer first, something falls on me. Folly, foolishness, and shame. These are not small things. Makes you wonder if Solomon had made a decision, a judgement, without hearing. Maybe he'd let his own biases get in the way. James said be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to become angry. When I reverse that I not only look do or say foolish things, but some kind of shame is mine too, because I've answered first. Made a judgement first. Sometimes when you're speaking I've stopped listening and thinking about what I want to say. I've made a judgement that what you are saying is less important than me. Ouch. Lord, help me to listen as an act of love, to wait, to hear. Help me not to judge by my biases, but to be in tune, in step with You, to not be so interested in my own answers, but in representing You in some way. Amen. #prover...

Friday! Proverbs! If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame. Proverbs 18:13 ESV Solomon says listen. Listen without forming an answer Listen for everything Let the other person speak Give them time Hear their words Wait Will you wait for me to find the words Will you wait for me to find the courage to speak, to say what I fear, what hurts, what happened, what I dream for, hope for. Will you wait for me? To listen, is an act of love. Love one another When my GPS gives directions it speaks the words, but there's no emotion, no connection, I can't hear the heart of Google maps! But I can hear a person. And if our only communication is electronic it's so easy to miss the heart. Hearing requires us to be present. At least sometime. #proverbs #wisdom #somethingtochewon #listen #loveoneanother #bepresent