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Talk Quieter - an arrow prayer

10.27.15  Lord, last weekend when I gathered with friends, I tried to listen and ask questions more than talk.  Most often the questions were answered by all around the table but me.  No one asked me for my answers. A few times one friend did ask me questions and I answered, and their was responses to indicate they were listening, but they did not really listen to what I said.  They just heard words, passing over the important word that made a difference in my sentence.  There seems to be such a disconnect.  I think when I gently pointed out as I was leaving how they had missed what I had said, their hearts were opened.  I am so thankful for time together with friends and for the email communications it has encouraged already. For as disheartening as it feels when my own friends do not really listen, I wonder how many times I do the same.  I'm probably oblivious. I'm probably unknowingly causing others pain. Please make communications more obvious to me and open my eyes, Lord, so that I may show that I care for others the way my heart cares for them.  Thank you so much, Lord, that I can have confidence that You are always listening, no matter what, even when the words are spoken only in my head.