Sunday, June 21, 2015

A True Friend Listens


Symbol: Chatty Friend

Lesson: True Friends Also Listen

Illustration: Have you ever had a friend that every time you two are together, they dominate the conversation, not giving you the opportunity to say much, if anything, at all? It can be exhausting and eventually you will begin to wonder if you friend isn't a bit self-centered. You may also wonder if they truly value you as a friend or if they are just using you.

The same can be said of our relationship with Jehovah. We may pray frequently, but do we allow him to talk to us through our reading of his word the Bible? This reading should not be a rare occasion like a friend that allows us to interject a thought every so often. Rather, we should view it as children eagerly gathered around the feet of an interesting story teller at the public library. These children want to listen. Likewise, on a daily basis we should sit at the feet of our heavenly Father and "listen" to him as we read the Bible.

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