| My Father was a man of very few words. He | | | | listens, God speaks, when man obeys, God acts! The |
| smoked King Edward Cigars. After I was married, I | | | | Greatest Unused Power On Earth. The Power of |
| did not visit as often as I should have. When I would | | | | Spirit! |
| walk in the door, he would seated at the kitchen | | | | My Father was not an outspoken person on his faith. |
| table. He would say, "What happen did you lose the | | | | He walked his faith. I never once heard him talk |
| address?" I would reply, "No, I have been busy." "I do | | | | about God. He and my Mother went to church on |
| not want to hear all that he would say." | | | | Sunday. |
| Sometimes I would not visit for a prolong period of | | | | Sometimes my Father would be sitting on a lawn |
| time. When I walked in the door, he would say, | | | | chair in the side yard reading his newspaper. I would |
| "What time did the plane land?" I would say, "I was | | | | take this opportunity to sit on the side steps and talk |
| not out of town, I have been busy." Of course he | | | | to him. |
| would say, "I do not want to hear all that!" He did | | | | I would say all kinds of stuff. He would take his King |
| not want me to talk. He wanted me to just be | | | | Edward Cigar out of his mouth and say, "Look, you |
| there, sit still and listen. | | | | live your life, and I will live mine, I do not want to |
| God is like that. I make it my business to sit in the | | | | hear all of that!" I would tell him of all of my big ideas! |
| front pew of church on Sunday. I can hear God | | | | He would say, "You do not have to do all of that! |
| saying, "What happen did you lose the address?" | | | | Just go do what you have to do!" |
| We must fall in love with learning how to be still and | | | | I would wonder, what is it I have to do? After my |
| listen.! Everyone listens in one way or another. | | | | Father passed away in his eighties, it came to me |
| Everyone does not know how to listen. Listening is | | | | what I had to do. What I have to do is pray (listen). |
| similar to practicing the piano. You must practice | | | | That it! Now just go do what you have to do! Fall in |
| listening. If more people practiced listening, the world | | | | love with learning how to Listen! |
| would be a much kinder place to live. When man | | | | |