Mike-Thank you for sharing this I needed this today (phil 4:6) :)

THANK YOU for the bday wishes Terry (on behalf of my little girl)  You are a great neighbor! (And one day we'll meet!)

Speaking of Daughters.....My Dad & Mom had 5 girls....One bathroom...A lot of Jabbering.

Happy Birthday Beautiful girl!!

Ed, AMAZING, isn't it? Such love, such power, who can comprehend it????

Thanks Jimmie!!

Elizabeth, isn't it good to get lost in thought about the Lord's great love for us!!!!

I have Seven Children....My Youngest [the only one remaining at home] He just turned 11 Years old.

I Know the Putting the Kid's to Bed Thing & The Noise.

                                    I wonder if that's kinda like how God listens to us?.......

Yep.. He is so well aware of it all... way before we ever, even mention any of our needs to Him.

The Entire Issue is to slow down, Quiet Ourselves, Stop Breath & Take Him in .

The Children do all the Talking & Very Little Listening.

& it is Perfectly Fine those talkative kid's to have that Childlike quality different from [childishness].

The Zeal of Youth....is a quality to cling onto, but also developing a fine tuned EAR to Hear DAD also.

When Our Children Listen to Us & with Respect, & adopt our... around the block wisdom....
 a Parents short cut Advise ...been there done that so...  You do not stumble there also.

Then What occurs is....the Parent... is Well Pleased & has Assurance...in Us, a sense of comfort & joy removing discomfort & worry of the child possibly getting into trouble.
 
Two  favorite verses are:     [He Wept]    &    [He Rejoiced] .....to opposite end Emotions.

So.........What is it ....that We do to Make the Lord  [WEEP], or [REJOICE] ??? ..

Do We Even CARE ??

Are We too Busy Talking ??
                                                                ------ YES --------

                                                      GOD has Feelings & Emotions.

Just Where do You Think You Got Feelings & Emotions From ??....We are Created in His Image & Exactly.

So Imagine for just a moment......How We Must make Him FEEL ??

Do You Think that He is More...or...Less Sensitive than Us All ??  I Say Far More.

To Weep is to Suffer the Hurt ....Where Does this Hurt come from that the Lord Suffers ?

It is the .....Lack of Listening to ....that which He would like to ......advise us.

It is Just like this....Example: You a Parent.. Warned Your Child [Teen] let's say.... to Not Drink & Drive,
 or Even Get into a Car that the Driver had been Drinking......& You Tell Them 1000 times warning them.

Then to Loose a Loved one [like that] ...that did not listen....& NOW is DEAD... Killed in a Drunk Driving
Auto accident.........Now Multiply That Times 1000000000000000000000 ....this is How We ...[each of Us]
Make Him Suffer, Hurt Our Lord,....... That We say We Love so much.

When We [SIN] again The Bible Says...We Kill Him ALL OVER AGAIN, [CRUCIFY] Him all over again.

What did He FEEL getting Crucified ?

So The [sin] issue ??....Keep Sinning ??..... or How Well can one Rid SIN from Their Life ??

Can they, should they ? Impossible ?  They SIN Nature ??

Why is this Mentioned in the Word that We Crucify Him again?

This Speaks to The... [Our] Emotion .....to Imagine  [ The Agony ]....He went through for Us

Notice the Word  [ E-MOTION ] Our Responses to All Stimulus has to be put into CHECK in order
that Feelings do not Rule Us also.

Yet.....
We are .....at the other extreme NOT to Be NUMB.... to those Stimulus.
Our Motion Needs the Logic & Balance of Sensitivity...in order to help Check the Movement of the Direction
we are going in.

To Rationalize away... how when We ...[Sin]....How We Hurt the Lord is without sensitivity & is NUMB not Balanced, & also without Logic or Reasoning !

God does not worry....but He is so well pleased when we listen & move in His Directives, His
Guidance.

This is when He Rejoices .....when we Repent of Sin, Hear & Obey etc. Then He [God] succeeds in having
well behaved Children that He is Well Pleased [the well done] & Proud of carrying His NAME.

Correctly Reflecting His Name [character] His Nature....not [sin] nature.

Identify with Jesus....&....Not Adam .....any longer. That New Name that He gave Us All... [JESUS].

To do all things in His NAME?....Is to do all Things in His very Exact Nature of Be-ING.

He has Great concerns for Us to be well ....But most run away from Home [from God] to try things on
their own & fall & fail in areas, that IF We had Listened & Sought & Found God's Will, that could  have all
been avoided

Whoa, good point Deb! Though many of us don't talk OR listen! lol 

For me, it's so inviting to picture God as an eager listener, delighting in whatever I end up sharing with him. I've caught myself saying things like "Good prayer!" or "So and so really knows how to pray!" But when it comes to my kids, would I ever say "My 4 year old really talks to me well, she's so skilled and communicating her needs and motivating me to act on her behalf!" LOL, no way! Often God just loves to listen, I'm sure of it!

When my mind is filled with endless chatter... thoughts going in circles when I'm trying to pray...  I've heard that inner whisper, "Be still..."     and I am stilled.   Cause on a good day, I can talk till the cows come home.
  
I think God loves to listen to us, but He is our Father.  And you obey your Father!  hehe
 

When we're ready to talk, he listens. But he does encourage us to be still and listen for his gentle whisper as well. Amen Joey, thanks for pointing that out!

Joey, LOL!  I sure hope my listening skills have encouraged my children to talk to me, about anything and everthing!! I never want em to stop talking to me! (Hmmm, once again, just like God??)

Mary, thanks, that's sweet! And I do listen!

Megan, thanks, she did! My point with the blog.....God is more interested in our desire to share our lives with him than he is in the eloquence or intelligence of our words. We are as little children to him, with little more to offer than sweet nothings. Take the time, give him what he seeks....you!