So I am supposed to write for five minutes. No editing, no rewrites. Here goes!
Subject:
Listen
Listen to me! Says the man with the crudely made cardboard sign that says:
“Homeless and Hungry”
Listen to me! Says the child wailing in the cart in the Greeting Card aisle of
Target
Listen to me! Says my husband as he holds the newspaper with the article
that agrees with his opinion
Listen to me! Says the lady on the phone who wants to sell me…something. I don’t
know because I’ve already tuned her out
Listen to me! Says my garden full of flowers and weeds growing gaily together
Listen to me! Says my 95 year old aunt, who wants us to bring her Chocolate
Éclairs to the Assisted Living Community she lives in because she
can’t drive anymore
Listen to me! Jesus calls softly in my ear.
“How can I listen to you Lord? It’s so loud, with all these people calling!”
Jesus smiles. “I am calling you to all those places. Go out…and Listen to Me!”
Thank you to Five Minute Fridays !
Ceil, there’s so much noise in our busy lives… So many needs to be met. And yes, He’s so good to speak to us through (and into) life.
Thanks for a great post!
I’m so glad you came by my place!
Blessings to you ~ Mary
Hi Mary! Thank you so much for ‘joining’ me here
There is a lot of noise, isn’t there? I get so good at autopilot, I sometimes forget that God is in every moment. He does speak through our lives, I agree.
Please come and visit often, I look forward to your comments. I also hope to get to know you better through visiting your blog!
Peace in Christ,
Ceil
I LOVE this post! It is so true! Visiting from Bloglovin’ Blog Hop and following you via GFC!
Thank you for hopping over to my blog, AnnMarie! And thank you so much for getting my blog via GFC, although I had never heard of it before today, so I learned something new!
Are you NaNa because you are a Grandma? I am a Nana too! I wrote a post about it, you should check it out.
Thank you for your encouraging words about the post today. I hope you will visit often, and I’ll get to know you better through your blog too (I joined it!)
Peace in Christ,
Ceil
Hello Ceil!
That is the number one thing we should all be doing- Listening! And Listening with an open heart, because God is speaking, sometimes quietly and sometimes really loud! The problem is most people don’t hear him. Our lives are so consumed with noise that we tend to drown in the sounds of the world. I just love your post! Thanks for stopping by and leaving such a sweet comment. I have now added you to my blog roll!
Blessings,
Amy
Hi Amy! I am so happy you liked the post. Five minutes goes by quicker than I ever thought possible.
How lovely that I am part of your blog roll! This is a first for me, what an honor! I added you to mine as well. I agree that we don’t always hear the voice of God, even if it is ‘really loud’ as you said.
I hope you will come back and visit soon! And I am a proud reader of your blog too
Peace in Christ,
Ceil
Ceil, you really nailed it with this post! Very present voice and great message. I love the “real” feel of it!Nice meeting you, too!
Hi Dawn! Thank you for your comments on the post. You are so kind! It impresses me that a veteran blogger would support a ‘newbie’ like me.
So glad that we could meet through Five Minute Fridays. I hope you will come by often, I look forward to your comments. I will be happy to get to know you better through your blog posts too!
Peace in Christ,
Ceil
Ceil: You touched on an important feature of discipleship. Sometime we have to listen to and follow Jesus to places that make more work for us and places that we might not be appreciated by those who are already there. But we need to listen to Him.
Hi Cecelia! Boy, is that the truth. Being a follower is not for the faint of heart, is it?
I hope I can listen to Him more, just like you said.
Have a great weekend!
Ceil
What a beautiful post!
Strong powerful stirring beautiful – loved this………….
XOX
Hi Suzan! How goes the couch painting? I have to get back and find out what kind of paint you used
Thank you so much for your encouraging comments. I am really new to blogging, and it’s so lovely that you would take the time to come on over and comment…and make me feel so complimented too.
I hope I’ll see your smiling face and comments here often, and I will be checking up on your projects on your blog. Oh…and thank you for ‘joining’ me!
Peace in Christ,
Ceil
I loved this post! Sometimes those seeming interruptions are Divine appointments. So glad you found me at Heart Choices. I have the feeling you are one I will enjoy getting to know.
Blessings and love,
Debbie
Hi Debbie! Thank you for coming over to read my blog. And you ‘joined’ me too; I am really happy about that
I was so glad to find your posts, and I do hope that we will be good ‘blog buddies’, it’s so encouraging isn’t it? I really like the title of your blog. Choices should be from the heart, right? Is that what you meant when you picked that?
Hope to ‘see’ you on Thursday!
Peace in Christ,
Ceil
Oh my, this kind of steps on my toes! But your words are needed. May we all “listen!”
Thanks for the reminder that by serving others, we are serving Christ.
Hi Jerralea!
Thank you for coming here to read my blog. You are so generous to ‘join’ me too! I will look forward to getting to know you by reading your posts too
Oh yes, I do believe that serving others serves Christ. I just need a little shove sometimes to remember that. The toe-stepping was a really good image for me too!
Hope you’ll come back on Thursday!
Peace in Christ,
Ceil
Love this Ceil…I feel like the Lord is taking my face in His hands sometimes and saying, “Are you listening to me?” just like I used to do with My Three Sons!
You worded it beautifully…again.
Hi Nannette! Thanks for prowling through my posts
I often need Jesus to grab my face because I am often looking the other way.
You have three sons? How beautiful!
Peace in Christ,
Ceil