listening to God

God not only is, God says

Greetings reader.

I've a thought I’d like to share from Eugene Peterson. It’s about listening to God, really listening, and it was a sweet reminder to me recently about how I need to do that. I’m sharing because I think it will be an encouragement to you as well. May our Father grant us listening ears for his grace today.

"Christian spirituality does not begin with us talking about our experience; it begins with listening to God call us, heal us, forgive us.

This is hard to get into our heads. We talk habitually to ourselves about ourselves. We don't listen. If we do listen to each other it is almost always with the purpose of getting something we can use in our turn. Much of our listening is a form of politeness, courteously waiting our turn to talk about ourselves [God help us].

But in relation to God especially we must break the habit and let him speak to us.

God not only is; God Says.

Christian spirituality, in addition to being an attentive spirituality, is a listening spirituality."

(Subversive Spirituality, p27)