Take Time to Listen!

“A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.” Proverbs 29:11

I received a text message today from a dear friend, and she wrote “… going to garden, to talk, and to listen…” As I walked this morning, the phrase “…to listen…”  kept coming to my mind.  I thought about how often I came to my prayer garden “…to do…” but rarely “…to listen…” Sometimes I am so wrapped up in myself that I spend a lot of  unloading on God, and I never hear what He has to say to me.

So today in my prayer garden, I decided to simply sit and listen to God.

I come to the garden alone,
While the dew is still on the roses,
And the voice I hear falling on my ear
The Son of God discloses.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice
Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,
And the melody that He gave to me
Within my heart is ringing.

And He walks with me, and He talks with me,
And He tells me I am His own;
And the joy we share as we tarry there,
None other has ever known.

(from “In the Garden” by Charles A. Miles)

“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10

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Listen to God through His Word and His Spirit. It’s amazing what you will hear!