Ears to Hear
My dog Jack is deaf. I try and imagine what his world must be like. I am in a room alone with him and it is quiet. I think this is how it must be for him all the time. At those moments I thank God I can hear rain on the roof of the house, the sound of geese migrating in the spring, and the sound of someone’s voice.
If you ever wondered if a deaf dog barks the answer is yes. He does not bark like a “normal” dog barks. He barks with an awful shrill bark. Because I am “tone deaf” some say that is how my singing sounds. I always give Jack a pass on the sound of his bark. I get it.
Jack cannot hear me, so when he is looking the other way, I cannot get him to do anything. He must be looking at me and paying attention before I can motion for him to come.
For God to talk to me I need to be paying attention to Him. It is so easy for me to have spiritual deafness. Jack’s deafness is incurable, ours is not. We just need to stop each day for a time and give God our total attention. Eliminate distractions, open the Bible, and read from it. He will speak to us from its pages. It is His love letter to each of us.
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew 7:24 NIV
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