Do You Hear What I Hear?

As a parent, I require certain things from my children.  I don't expect them to do all that I ask perfectly everyday, in fact the more I grow in Grace the more I realize just how little I should assume from these miniature adults.  That is the goal right?  To train them to be responsible law abiding adults who contribute to society? (Proverbs 22:6)

The hardest thing I have found up till now is getting my Children to truly listen.  Not just to be obedient, but to truly hear what I am saying when I speak.  I notice my oldest when he stops to hear me but halfway through my sentence I lose his full attention; already he has merely guessed what I wanted and is eager to accomplish the task he thinks he knows I am giving him so that he can resume doing what it is that he likes to do.

I do the same.

I wake up each morning eager to accomplish all that I have planned for my day, but usually something triggers a domino affect of gargantuan proportions that by the end of the day I wonder how I survived. 

Am I expecting too much from the waking hours I am blessed with?

We read Psalm 119 last night, and the recurring theme throughout is David asking God to Change him, to Teach him, and thanking the Lord for His Law.  I don't understand the fullness of what this means as of yet, but I can guess that David, ever striving to please God, really meant what he wrote!  David listened to God, chased after God, longed for God!  Never once did David claim to know enough, or now that he practiced the Law he was perfect, or that he had nothing else to learn from His Creator.

I can never assume because of the knowledge I have that I know enough.  I need to take a cue from David and stop whatever it is that draws me away from The Word, and seek after God wholeheartedly.

I want to hear what my Father is saying.

John 10:27-28