tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post4843739090364793046..comments2023-10-14T07:53:27.701-04:00Comments on My Thought-filled Journey: The Keys to ListeningMTJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694085588658653915noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-5892042438692830212010-12-22T12:49:33.397-05:002010-12-22T12:49:33.397-05:00Hi MTJ -
Thank you for this important message abo...Hi MTJ -<br /><br />Thank you for this important message about listening to and obeying GOD. You are right, that is essential.<br /><br />Also, I love that you mentioned the blood of our Savior...lioneaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10257690196451550476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-16470113101661431502010-12-16T06:46:48.112-05:002010-12-16T06:46:48.112-05:00I particularly like your comment on the meaning of...I particularly like your comment on the meaning of never. That one really struck me. Great post. A lot of thought and prayer went into that one. Thank you also for your gracious and encouraging comments on my Daily Grace blog. God bless you, BobbiINSIDE THE SHRINKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05847815538742805926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-45059688849428937942010-12-15T00:07:49.549-05:002010-12-15T00:07:49.549-05:00Beautiful entry...a victorious reminder on being q...Beautiful entry...a victorious reminder on being quick to listen; slow to speak and slow to anger...the path of obedience, listening and with action as we rely on the Spirit of God! Hallelujah!Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192642092137482710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-72858268328666227862010-12-13T15:58:57.350-05:002010-12-13T15:58:57.350-05:00Very very good post my brother. One that I really...Very very good post my brother. One that I really need to work on as well! I know I need to work on it and the times I fail and still am quick to anger I get more frustrated because I just didn't shut up! <br /><br />This verse spoke volumes to me<br />“Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.”7<br /><br />and I know I really need to work on this and I pray that with my Father's help I will get there some day. Oh, to be like my Brother who kept his mouth shut!<br /><br />Your prayer is also a pray for many of us!<br /><br />Wonderful post and I am praying for strength for you. Please do the same for me ;)<br />Love ya MTJ and I hope you have a blessed week!!My Mad Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00828880300513624067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-11294503385401230342010-12-13T08:32:55.928-05:002010-12-13T08:32:55.928-05:00Such a beautiful post, MTJ! Thank you for sharing ...Such a beautiful post, MTJ! Thank you for sharing your heart. I believe we all should hold these verses close to our hearts in hope our heads and mouths hold on to them too. I promise to keep your post at the forefront of my mind today as I check off my Monday list. Thank you! :o)Larrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05551141093395055894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-25860467070669023592010-12-12T19:26:48.170-05:002010-12-12T19:26:48.170-05:00Being a bit of the shy I've never been one tha...Being a bit of the shy I've never been one that was quick to speak but really paying attention and listening is a totally different thing. Sometimes I'm quiet but my mind is busy forming a comeback. As always great words of wisdom you've shared.Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07438544740170524813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-11495917646138578822010-12-12T19:21:56.723-05:002010-12-12T19:21:56.723-05:00This is an excellent post and one that I needed. I...This is an excellent post and one that I needed. I often ask for guidance and then have difficulty being still and listening. I am joining you in your prayer. It speaks the feeling of my heart.Thanks for sharing.Vintagesouthernlifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00292233931009036497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-85730379521858881572010-12-12T15:52:30.277-05:002010-12-12T15:52:30.277-05:00James 1 is such a powerful chapter with many truth...James 1 is such a powerful chapter with many truths. What a blessing that you heard God so many places in it.Lisa notes...http://lisanotes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-37548189126514682282010-12-12T10:28:52.447-05:002010-12-12T10:28:52.447-05:00Good word for us ALL!Good word for us ALL!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11360047123820906113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-56409853878158934742010-12-12T10:03:56.927-05:002010-12-12T10:03:56.927-05:00There is surly an art to listening. I can tell fro...There is surly an art to listening. I can tell from the first seconds that I'm talking and the persons not listening. It's hurtful.Thank-you for this post today.<br />Blessings,<br />GingerGinger~~Enchanting Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15930442106195929472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-13982526012777132142010-12-12T08:33:03.522-05:002010-12-12T08:33:03.522-05:00"I believe listening in conjunction with my s..."I believe listening in conjunction with my silence, short-circuits my mouth and emotions".<br />This is a very powerful statement. Thank you for a fresh perspective on listening.Anita Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06581280313136512145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-27372087577083127742010-12-12T00:08:56.685-05:002010-12-12T00:08:56.685-05:00Oh, that God would teach me when to keep my mouth ...Oh, that God would teach me when to keep my mouth shut! Even when I think I'm being well-intentioned - even when I think I'm right in defending myself - even when... <br /><br />Oh, to learn how to be silent.<br /><br />You have been very honest in sharing, MTJ. And I appreciate it. Learning humility is one of the most difficult things in life. Because it requires "humbling" - and that can often be a painful experience!<br /><br />You have chosen such apt Scripture - especially the words from James. I think he was a person who really had to learn a lesson in humility. He grew up with Jesus, and yet, for a time, did not believe in Him. It was only later, after the resurrection and an appearance by Jesus, that James realized how wrong he had been. It must have taken a lot to look at Jesus and say, "I'm sorry. I was wrong."<br /><br />But look how God used him afterward!<br /><br />So, I join you in asking God to work in my heart - and to give me humble ears to listen well, a wise mouth filled only with His truth, and a longsuffering attitude filled with His humble love.<br /><br />GOD BLESS!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00840994989201507494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-4005005290610582162010-12-11T23:24:08.072-05:002010-12-11T23:24:08.072-05:00Thank you so much for that great post, and for sha...Thank you so much for that great post, and for sharing God's truth. Blessings ~Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11414636204646241763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-11938243723488443572010-12-11T21:01:46.550-05:002010-12-11T21:01:46.550-05:00Excellent post!! We can bring life or death by the...Excellent post!! We can bring life or death by the words that come from our mouths.<br />Many Blessings,<br />VirginiaVirginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00285107350713012919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-30162420221616225432010-12-11T20:30:09.614-05:002010-12-11T20:30:09.614-05:00Those were good words for me to take in today. Ve...Those were good words for me to take in today. Very insightful post.Donniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665597376389301581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-16317160919275909852010-12-11T18:05:28.288-05:002010-12-11T18:05:28.288-05:00You always hit on the right stuff...the stuff I ne...You always hit on the right stuff...the stuff I need to hear and also practise. MTJ...I really appreciate your sharing and your heart to be everything for Him. You inspire....Stay strong out there okay...SarahNikki (Sarah)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-63950352268655005752010-12-11T15:39:05.901-05:002010-12-11T15:39:05.901-05:00AMEN!!! Thanks MTJ...I think...
Convicted on all a...AMEN!!! Thanks MTJ...I think...<br />Convicted on all accounts!<br /><br />Your last post did honor God as does this one, as a way of transformation for us from the old to the new. A place of true humility and obedience.<br /><br />I am guilty and this was perhaps meant from God to me through you;<br /><b>for I am slow to listen...</b> (thinking what I will be saying or lashing out instead of waiting and listening) quick tongue... in the recovery process of learning this,<br /><b>for I am quick to speak </b> (and write sometimes)... <br /><b>for I am quick to anger </b><br />at least when I lived at home with the people that this matters most to...in public, I'm a bit better.<br />Maybe this is why I am sent away on this exile? (lol) to learn all God has been taking my entire lifetime to teach me...<br /><br />I do NOT know why I am publicly confessing my major weaknesses here, but it seems to me that many who are reading this look at it as <br />a deep work in you, and I see this as a message for each of us, to examine ourselves to be in a better place, renewed, transformed and changed by what God is revealing to you and through you.<br /><br />I notice some honest souls above,so does that mean that all the rest don't have a problem with this? well, shame on me then... this message is meant just for me. Thanks MTJ and you honest souls!<br /><br />Father God, Thank You for revealing this lesson through MTJ that I must humble myself before You, change my ways, be quick to listen and really hear what's being said, be slow to speak to allow You to speak through me, which in the end result may help me be slow to anger. Anger against what's happened or said, anger from the past that roars its vicious head, anger that needs Your healing touch, anger that needs my forgiveness and to be forgiven, anger that has stopped me from being who You made me to be, anger with and at myself... diffuse this dynamite spark and stop it from being ignited more easily than the love I have for You and others; may that be triggered in place of any anger... may You see my weakness and help me change. Amen to MTJ's prayer and I echo each word in Jesus' Name, we pray...<br /><br />Peace on earth, good will toward mankind... love and JOY in Christ,<br />PeggyPeggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07178137619890142365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-92146685387451597852010-12-11T13:11:10.130-05:002010-12-11T13:11:10.130-05:00Thank you so much MTJ for this inspirational messa...Thank you so much MTJ for this inspirational message that everyone needs to hear and abide by. Praying your prayer with you my brother in Christ. LloydSolid Rock or Sinking Sandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815501572621378327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-51612946712498750892010-12-11T12:05:06.195-05:002010-12-11T12:05:06.195-05:00Very good advice in this post. I think it will be ...Very good advice in this post. I think it will be helpful to many as it has been to me.<br />Thank you for sharing.<br />Blessings,<br />CharlotteCharlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533075034458645148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-57154459129086692762010-12-11T12:03:57.624-05:002010-12-11T12:03:57.624-05:00Oh what an inspiring post--and all so true! Thank...Oh what an inspiring post--and all so true! Thank you for this important lesson...And also, wishing you the joys of the holiday season!<br />:-)<br />CindyCindy Adkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094347625510484862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-73992053002295955592010-12-11T11:07:00.290-05:002010-12-11T11:07:00.290-05:00Excellent post. I do believe that most of the prob...Excellent post. I do believe that most of the problems that marriages, families, co-workers, and world leaders face is that they don't listen. Surely, in our relationship with God this is also important. We'll pray but we won't "listen" to what the Holy Spirit is trying to tell us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-64395707768615478482010-12-11T10:18:23.590-05:002010-12-11T10:18:23.590-05:00Wonderful post! Too often, I am quick to speak, sl...Wonderful post! Too often, I am quick to speak, slow to listen, and quick to anger - just the opposite of what God's word says. When I do this, I am neither pleasing or edifying Christ.<br /><br />As Audrey pointed out, God gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />JoanJoan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430939897829160498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-83276845080987635932010-12-11T10:10:24.048-05:002010-12-11T10:10:24.048-05:00Wow what a transparent post! Thanks for sharing.
...Wow what a transparent post! Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Jocelyn<br />http://justalittlesouthernhospitality.blogspot.com/Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714577523744715551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-78662404062135278842010-12-11T08:23:19.692-05:002010-12-11T08:23:19.692-05:00Thank you for this wonderful post! As I read I was...Thank you for this wonderful post! As I read I was reminded that that is why God gave us two ears but only one mouth.Audreyhttp://www.audreycharles.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785238503949165495.post-66785563591354363562010-12-10T23:06:12.812-05:002010-12-10T23:06:12.812-05:00Wonderfully worded!! This too is something that I ...Wonderfully worded!! This too is something that I need to practice more of "listening". Thank you for your words today.xo Blessings, HHL<br /><br />P.S. thank you for posting my BlogLand Pen Pal button. My hope with BLPP is to randomly bring smiles to people's day when they receive something other than advertising or bills in the mail. And also to let them know someone in the world thinks enough of them to take the time to write. xohighheeledlifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07205935979513877589noreply@blogger.com