Wednesday, April 9, 2025
“Listen!”
Are you the one in the group who always talks? Are you the person who always leads the discussion? Are you overly eager to share your knowledge and experience with everyone? Do you normally carry the conversation, and do you already know about most of the things that will happen today?
If you can answer “Yes” to any of these questions, then this Challenge for Lent is for you. Today’s Challenge is to “Listen”.
Today’s Challenge is not a vow of silence. Instead, today’s Challenge is about paying close attention to our environment. One of the best ways to learn is to listen. The more we talk, the less we learn because the only person we can hear is ourselves. We really need to be better listeners, don’t we?
In our Lenten Challenge today, talking and speaking are fine, especially if our job and vocation require us to do so. Becoming a good listener is not easy. It takes lots of practice. To be good at it, one really must work at it.
We have to train our brains to slow down long enough for our ears to catch up, especially if we are high-energy people. Since this is how God made us, it’ll be especially difficult, but we must try! Today’s Challenge is to Listen! We can do it!
“Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear.” (James 1:19, The Message)
