{"id":219,"date":"2009-11-03T12:32:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T12:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/?p=219"},"modified":"2009-11-03T12:32:04","modified_gmt":"2009-11-03T12:32:04","slug":"listening-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/2009\/11\/listening-to-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening to God"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\npost by Patti Tokar<\/p>\n

When was the last time you listened to God?\u00a0 No, not prayed in earnest, but\u00a0listened<\/em> in earnest?\u00a0 Or at least waited in peaceful expectation to see if there were any answers or insights forthcoming?\u00a0 Clarity and direction can come from listening and waiting.<\/p>\n

This weekend I went to a meeting in a Peace\/Sound chamber.\u00a0 Part of the meeting was 15 minutes of silent meditation. Those few powerful moments were refreshing.\u00a0 My mind did wander at moments and in those times I was aware of noises like the soft crackling of the fire and the calls of the birds outside. Then I would drift back to a peaceful, clear state and wait for any insights or thoughts to come into my mind. Even now, days later, I still carry some of that center of peace.<\/p>\n

There is a lot that can be learned, even a lot that can be healed, in 15 minutes of still silence.\u00a0 I thought of how I so often pray so fervently, yet when had I last just listened to God?\u00a0 Or when had I at least waited in clear silence for His answer or any insights that might be helping me to see His direction?\u00a0 How can I get any answers if I do not make a practice of listening?<\/p>\n

How about you?<\/p>\n

\u201cBe still and know that I am God.\u201d\u00a0 Psalm 46:10<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                post by Patti Tokar When was the last time you listened to God?\u00a0 No, not prayed in earnest, but\u00a0listened in earnest?\u00a0 Or at least waited in peaceful expectation to see if there were any answers or insights forthcoming?\u00a0 Clarity and direction can come from listening and waiting. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[67,66,420,68,50],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/simplelifecorp.com\/simplelifeblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}