The Skill of Listening
“Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”
--from the 1st book of Samuel (3:9)
One skill that is always in need of greater development is the skill of listening. It is very easy to fill the silence of an encounter with “our agenda”. It is also very easy to hear what is said without feeling what the heartsong of the other person really is. Listening calls us to give time and space to the person who is sharing with us. Listening is allowing yourself to give full attentiveness to that which is beyond you.
Prayer: Slow me down and grant me the gift of full attentiveness to others. Amen.
--Ben Keckler
06.30.09
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