Active Listening

Listen to my voice; I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk exactly in the way I command you, so that you may prosper. But they did not listen to me, or did they pay attention. Jerimiah 7:23-24 God the Father sent instructions to His children-His chosen people For their own good Yet their poor choices led to heart breaking consequences Too often That has described me too So now One of my life’s goals is to shorten the distance between what God asks of me My actual doing it God’s first counsel here is: Listen Active listening is something we all can practice By offering a concerted effort to hear what is being communicated Before adding new thoughts to the conversation The hearer carefully repeats back what was said Try it What I heard you say is… Active listening allows the speaker to restate their part If not yet fully understood While offering the receiver a chance to get it right Pat Gohn Turned to poetry: Jac R. M. Poetry Form: Free Verse