Friday, December 30, 2016

LISTEN ...


My word for 2017 is LISTEN.  It's an action word. It's something that seems easy, and yet it is hard. As one famous speaker said, listening is a gift. Indeed it is.

LISTEN

Listen to what ...

Listen to who ...

First and foremost ... it's listen to God.  Listen to the soft whisper of the Holy Spirit.  The only way to be able to do this is to stay still ... to carve a time to be quite and really listen .... 

Second, listen to my family ... the spoken and the unspoken words....

Then listen to my heart ... my passion ... my why ...

And listen to the people around me ... friends ... employers ... co-workers ... neighbors ...stangers that God will put in my path ...

I am excited about 2017 ... 

and yes, I will listen.

Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening."
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!"
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;


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