While deep listening is an act of hearing what someone saying, deep seeing involves noticing someone well.
Listening is how the healing of broken souls commences. There can be more power in our silence than in our words.
Instead of believing we will hear from God at any time, perhaps we should recite this: “I hear from God when I am quiet enough to listen.”
I was sitting and sipping the morning away, when the homeless man who lives on the steps of the church I work near, popped into my mind.
When someone responds negatively to a conversation, there’s usually an underlying reason for it. The key is to look past the response to try and understand.