Comments on: Listen for the Other – 5 Favorites of 2016 https://lisanotes.com/listen-for-the-other/ on Life and Love Thu, 19 Jan 2017 23:02:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: LisaNotes https://lisanotes.com/listen-for-the-other/#comment-239826 Fri, 30 Dec 2016 20:52:21 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=11434#comment-239826 In reply to Barbie.

I join you in that prayer, Barbie, for better listening in 2017! Blessings to you, friend.

]]> By: Barbie https://lisanotes.com/listen-for-the-other/#comment-239786 Fri, 30 Dec 2016 16:10:17 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=11434#comment-239786 Thank you for sharing this treasury of posts. I will need to come back as most are new to me. And yes, I must learn to listen more. Praying that God would give me ears to hear Him more in the coming year! Blessings!

]]> By: LisaNotes https://lisanotes.com/listen-for-the-other/#comment-239686 Tue, 27 Dec 2016 22:39:11 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=11434#comment-239686 In reply to Bev @ Walking Well With God.

I like being reminded of that, too, Bev: two ears and one mouth. Good advice from your mom! May we have a wonderful new year ahead of really listening.

]]> By: Bev @ Walking Well With God https://lisanotes.com/listen-for-the-other/#comment-239631 Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:21:41 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=11434#comment-239631 Lisa,
I always think of my mother who said, “God gave you two ears and one mouth…use them proportionately.” May I seek to listen more in 2017…I mean really listen. I also really desire more divine encounters with God. I really want to be on fire for Him this year and that means really communing with Him. Thanks for a great post to start off the new season.
Blessings,
Bev

]]> By: LisaNotes https://lisanotes.com/listen-for-the-other/#comment-239544 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:44:04 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=11434#comment-239544 In reply to ~ linda.

Thank you, Linda. I know you have a tender and humble heart; I can learn much from you. Praying you have a wonderful Christmas as well!

]]> By: LisaNotes https://lisanotes.com/listen-for-the-other/#comment-239542 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:42:14 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=11434#comment-239542 In reply to Sarah Donegan.

Listening is a skill most of us have to work on, yes? Hope you have a wonderful Christmas, too, Sarah! Looking forward to what God will bring us in 2017. 🙂

]]> By: ~ linda https://lisanotes.com/listen-for-the-other/#comment-239538 Fri, 23 Dec 2016 17:25:34 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=11434#comment-239538 Oh Lisa, you have shared some deep and potent truths here. Oh, that we would all humble ourselves, listen with both ears, stop for the one on the Jericho Road, and love our neighbor, no matter their skin color, their beliefs, their anything, and be the Christians we truly are. So much…so much!
May your Christmas be filled with the Joy of the Lord, my friend. I love you, ~ linda

]]> By: Sarah Donegan https://lisanotes.com/listen-for-the-other/#comment-239517 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:34:46 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=11434#comment-239517 Listen more. Such a novel concept! I know I need to….
Merry Christmas, Lisa and May next year be full of productive conversations!

]]> By: LisaNotes https://lisanotes.com/listen-for-the-other/#comment-239515 Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:04:23 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=11434#comment-239515 In reply to floyd.

You’ve hit the nail on the head, Floyd (as usual): “Thinking we’re right should never be the starting point when it comes to listening.” It’s hard for us to let go of the “I’m right, you’re wrong” mentality. But unless we leave our heart’s door cracked open, we’ll rarely understand where others are coming from.

Praying you have a wonderful Christmas with your family!

]]> By: floyd https://lisanotes.com/listen-for-the-other/#comment-239493 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:18:57 +0000 https://www.lisanotes.com/?p=11434#comment-239493 You know my favorite one was the first one on your list. My heart broke then and it does now.

As Christians, of all people, we should be the best listeners in the world. That was the example of Jesus Christ. He listened and had compassion.

I’m not great at it, but with each year I’m getting a little better.

Thinking we’re right should never be the starting point when it come to listening.

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