Are You Listening

How many times as a kid or later as a spouse do you remember being asked, "Are you listening"? We don't intentionally not listen. It's just that occasionally we are preoccupied with other things and get our priorities mixed up. Sometimes God uses more than expected weather or less than expected crops to get our attention and ask us, are we listening?

We don't intentionally shut God off. In fact we see things all the time in nature and life that remind us of Him and His help. But just like with family we don't take the time to tell Him.

Our responsibilities vary but quite often we get wrapped up in what we feel are the big things in life and overlook the little things that were intended to be big blessings for us.

God wants us to stop once in a while and think about what He might be telling us. Quite often the less thought of things in our busy seasons like faith, family, and friends are actually the big things and the focus on our occupations, in my case farming, is really the little thing. We already know this but God just gets our attention and reminds us.

I'm writing these thoughts on a Sunday morning. When God created our world He worked at it for six days. On the seventh day He stopped, rested, and reflected on what He had done and guess what. It was good.