Free & Fit - Summer with the Psalms - Psalm 81 Wednesday 21st August 2024

Summer with the Psalms

Psalm 81 Wednesday 21st August 2024

Opening Prayer

Father God we are often so busy we can’t stop ourselves for the love of others. Help us to have eyes to see, ears to listen and truly hear what is happening for other people. Help us along the way to loving you and our Neighbour in Jesus name. Amen

Psalm 81

“He established it for a testimony in Joseph When He went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard the language [of One whom] I did not know, saying, “I removed the burden from his shoulder; His hands were freed from the basket.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭81‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Psalm 81 in full:

https://bible.com/bible/1588/psa.81.1-16AMP

Prayer & Reflection on the Art of Listenining:

To listen, to truly hear what others have to say, involves a certain level of dying to yourself.

I say that because I can be a pretty awful listener and am always seeking to be better.

It's not that I have no interest in what the other person is saying. It's that listening necessarily entails, at least for me, a certain amount of energy devoted to the other person--an energy that sometimes I don't have. Or an energy I don't wish to give.

It involves being present to the other person. Not present to the past or to the future, but the here and now. Sometimes, it's hard to be in the here and now when a lot of things are on your mind.

And, as a nine of the enneagram, I easily get caught up in my own thoughts and seeking to help others. In focusing on what is going on within me, by seeking to help others I can have a hard time paying attention to other people’s emotions and what is going on in other people's lives.

True listening, then, is an act of charity, an act of love. When you listen, truly listen, you give yourself over completely to the other person. You attempt to see as the other person sees, to understand as he or she understands, to put yourself in their shoes and compassionately care. You open yourself to share their joy, their happiness, their struggles, their sorrows and their lives!

Prayer

Father comfort us in our own human frailty, heal us in our adequacies and help us to surrender to you. Help us O Lord to draw closer to you in thought, word and deed in all we do in Jesus name. Amen

“So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord.”

‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭3:26‬ ‭NLT‬‬

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