So I’m listening to Matthew and I just want to say…

There is so much depth to what Jesus says. We must do more than hear. We must listen.

For example…
Man will tell you that you cannot know what is on a persons heart. But Jesus says that out of the heart we speak. So the truth is we can tell what is on the heart of a person simply by “listening” to them talk.

Through the practice of listening one develops the gift of discernment

[Oowee a powerful confirmation of that which I am writing while I’m in the midst of writing just as was prophetically spoken that the harvester will overtake the planter lol. I love it. But I’m going to continue writing for the sake of the reader who is listening.]

Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not  perceive; For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears  are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have  closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I  should  heal them.’ But  blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; for assuredly, I say to you  that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. – Matthew 13:13-17 NKJV

Wow

Here is another one, and this is what inspired this post…

But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. – Matthew 12:25

This is the root that allows you to see divorce before it happens. The root is division.

This is one reason why we should not let the sun set with us in a provoked state.

Marriage partners will not always agree on things. This is because they are two individuals that have joined together to BECOME one.

Somethings you can agree to disagree on.

For example (and this is a crude example, lol), my husband likes chitterlings and I think they are disgusting. We can agree to disagree on what we think about chitterlings. The harmony is in the agreement even if it’s an agreement to disagree.

Divorces does not just happen in marriages. Marriage is a covenant agreement. It is an alliance that has been made where two agree to partner, to connect.

How many covenant agreements can you name?

Due to people being dull in their hearing and in their vision they don’t see covenant agreements in others areas of associations and because of this some casually enter into and leave out of such relationships.

Much of the divisions come from a lack of communication.

With this being the case…

If what I shared was understood thus far, one should be able to easily find the very first divorce in the book of Genesis. But it first starts with understanding what divorce is beyond two “people” separating for irreconcilable differences.

What has been the great issue with communicating???

Many will tell you that the other person did not listen. Or that they were not being heard.

Why I am considering this on March 1 I do not know but…

Consider this…
A big part of being a good communicator is being a good listener. 👂

A big part of being a good listener is being able to see 👁 because many struggle to communicate how they feel because they have been trained to attack 🔪 the person they are trying to talk to. So you have to be able to see beyond the words spoken so that you can hear the heart.

Wow I had to go back up to Matthew 13 and highlight the key part.

Don’t just read this. Hear it

Don’t just hear it. Listen.

Oowee… This is part one of more to come.