Hear thee, hear thee?

We often take our hearing for granted.

We even get annoyed when we hear something unpleasant.  Here is a list of some of the things I don't like to hear:

1. Loud voices

2. Loud music/TV'S/films

3. Teenagers on the top of a bus (arrrrrgggghhh!)

4. Loud or buzzing machines/gadgets

5. Drilling

6. Arguments

7. Gossip

Did you know that the last sense to go when a person is dying is their hearing? This is very interesting because if you think about it, we seem to be so 'in tune' with our other senses! We use our sight, touch, taste and smell every day. We never eat something we do not enjoy, why? because our sense of taste tells us that we don't like that type of food! We look out the window to see the weather, and our sight shows us to bring out that brolly again! (Yes, good old Britain).

Don't think that because you can physically hear, that you are listening either. We hear many things throughout the day, but are we listening?

How often has your parents told you to do something, and you don't do it?

How often has a friend needed someone to talk to, but you were too busy with yourself, or only pretended to listen to her?

Throughout the Word of God, there is the instruction for us to listen, to hear what God is saying to us. The reality is however, we are just not that good at listening.

I don't know how many times people have told me, do this, don't do that (even God Himself), but I ended up doing the opposite. Why? because I was not listening. I only 'heard'.

If you want, you can make a list of what noises you don't like to hear. Afterwards, make another list of the times you heard good advice, whether from your family, the Pastor, or God Himself.  Can you guess which list will be longer?....uh oh.

You may come to see that you do not hear as well as you think.