STOP! BE STILL, AND LISTEN~~~

To most of us weekend's are our time to relax and unwind from those busy schedules and events that bring so many stressors into our lives; but have you ever stopped to wonder why we allow our Monday thru Friday schedules to do that to us? Why we can't be content and enjoy life as it is, every day of the week, no matter what day it is or what comes our way? Sounds good, doesn't it? Actually, sounds like a dream world at times, right?
Reality finds that this old world holds so many people with so many personalities; and since everyone has their own opinion who believe their opinion is right; those differences can quickly turn our perfect world into a living hell. Can I get a witness on that? Amazing how lively and motivated people become in trying to prove their opinion to others who don't see eye to eye with them. I've witnessed people who otherwise would be too exhausted to get up and move about and be so weak in speech; BUT who become so insistent in proving themselves right, that suddenly energy arises from deep within and a new person springs forth; and too often, it's not a person we care to engage further in conversation, if ya know what I mean.
Life is truly an interchanging experience from start to finish as we learn to walk and talk early on but as years are multiplied unto us, we learn to sit down and be quiet. I've learned that the lessons that mean most to me came by sitting down, being quiet, and listening. We have to stop and truly listen to understand what is being told, and if we're not still long enough and quiet long enough, then we can never really listen. Life could be filled with so much love and joy if we would just stop trying to prove our points and peacefully agree to disagree. Learning to live peacefully, when possible (Romans 12:18) leads to a life of contentment in whatever state you are in, as Paul wrote in Philippians 4:11.
Keep in mind that we are to be a reflection of Jesus if we declare ourselves to be Christians; and being mindful of others' opinions as well as their feelings, demonstrates what truly lies deep within each of us. Learning to Stop what we're doing, Sit down, Be quiet, and Listen shows our undivided attention; and It's in that quiet stillness that we are able to hear them, as well as listen to Holy Spirit's direction, and then we will know how to guide them in God's Love. Learning to speak the truth in love is more than a phrase to be thrown out when we want to justify our opinion and it is divine interventions of peaceful living from God within us that leads others to Him.Think about it!
Have a blessed day and a wonderful weekend. God loves you and so do I~~~