Love Listens
February 14
Read: Psalm 119:145 - 152
Hear my voice according to your loving-kindness – Psalm 119:149
The Bible In One year
Number 30 – 33
When we love others, we listen to them. Sure, it takes time and effort to focus on them and hear what they are saying. But when we do, it shows genuine concern and respect.
Author Wayne Alderson Tell of a young minister who spent a lot of time listening to the problems of his church members. One day he came home and said to his wife, “How did your day go?” for a half hour she told him about a problem with the car, their son’s earache, and the difficulties she had getting an appliance repaired. The pastor immediately began to problem solve, citing a list of things she should do.
But she just looked at him and said, just looked at him and said, “I have already done all of that. I don’t need you to solve my problems. I just need you to be interested in what I’ve been through.”
When the author of Psalm 119 pleaded, “Hear my voice according to Your loving kindness” (v. 149), he was expressing the truth that the God who loves us also listens to us. Listening is a part of loving.
Listening to a wife, a husband, a fellow worker, or a Christian friend may be just what that person needs to be encouraged or to see a problem more clearly. Go ahead and listen. God Himself show that love listen. – Dave Egner
My burden is now so much lighter,
I’ve glimpsed things I needed to see,
I have a fresh hope for tomorrow –
Because someone listened to me. – Egner
Listening may be the most loving thing you do today.
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