Listening

I like to think I'm a good listener but I guess our views of ourselves are admittedly a bit one sided. Two years ago I wrote a similar post about feeling the need to give up the computer for a while and when I rethought that decision my computer crashed and a forced fast begin. Well, I may be two years older but certainly not two years wiser. Once again the call to set aside my computer time overcame me and yet once again I dismissed it. Pretty sure you can guess the outcome, our computer died. Again. This time it wasn't an easy fix and I've been offline for a solid month. I tried once to use a friends computer to order a yarn fix and not so amazingly, the order never shipped, never got billed, simply never existed. I was to be on a fast whether I wanted to or not.

What I learned on Summer Vacation...alternate title: When God smacks you upside the head it's because he's trying to tell you something.

Listen to me. That's pretty much it. I actually did a devotion about it at our MOPS group but it's hard to convey it all in a short time. I'm getting good at turning to Him. Really good at talking to Him. But actually taking the time to listen, not so much. I knew beyond a shadow of doubt when I was suppose to coordinate our MOPS group. Now I know I'm supposed to be done. What I didn't know is then what? I can anticipate and I can speculate but I didn't have a clue to what he was telling me. Because I wouldn't listen. After I finally formulated that He simply wanted my attention, after it really sunk in, He let me know the what. I'm not going to question the how, summer vacation reminded me the Creator of the Universe controls that just fine. Proverbs 1:33, but whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and will be secure, without fear of evil.