{"id":15746,"date":"2022-03-18T04:25:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T09:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=15746"},"modified":"2022-03-18T04:25:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T09:25:53","slug":"selective-hearing-oops-or-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=15746","title":{"rendered":"Selective Hearing \u2013 Oops or Opportunity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are we REALLY listening? A bakery received the call for a cake to be made for a \u201cGoing Away\u201d party. Apparently, someone taking directions for this cake design failed to listen AND discern the instructions. We can imagine that the conversation went like this: <\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cHello, I would like to order a cake for a going away party.\u201d
\u201cWhat do you want on the cake?\u201d
\u201cPut \u2018Best Wishes Suzanne\u2019 and underneath that \u2018We will miss you.’

\u201dInstead, this is the cake-gone-wrong pictured here! That\u2019s funny! This photo amused me so much that it led to this blog today. God has a great sense of humor to inspire this one\u2026..this way! The scripture that comes to mind is: \u201cHe answered, \u201cI have told you already and you did not listen\u2026\u201d (John 9:27) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And doesn\u2019t that sound like how we feel when what we speak to our children or spouse and they really aren\u2019t listening? You\u2019ve also heard about the older couple and one turns off their hearing aid because they deliberately and selectively don\u2019t want to listen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.I\u2019ll admit that there are times when I block out what someone is saying because I\u2019m so busy with what I’m saying that I don\u2019t hear what needs to be heard. Later, I\u2019ll admit that I didn\u2019t \u201ccatch\u201d what they were saying. I read this: \u201cSelective hearing loss is not the result of one noise making another inaudible, but a choice by the brain to focus on one stimulus over another. For example:
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SELECTIVE HEARING is a quality someone possesses when they hear only what they would like to hear. Selective hearing is also known as hearing loss by attention. It affects many people and refers to the unconscious blocking out of sounds while engaged in another stimulating activity. For example, missing the sound of a telephone ringing because of focusing on a TV show.

We, also, have selective hearing. We listen to what we love. God is sending us messages all the time, but we\u2019re not listening well. We are distracted or preoccupied or just maybe, we don\u2019t even want to listen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Heavenly Father communicates with us all the time through His Word, His gentle nudges, signs and feelings, others speaking on His behalf and so many other ways. God is communicating with us all the time. He wants us, like we want our kids, to LISTEN WELL!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a good listener is being present in the moments. Consciously avoiding distractions and honoring that one that is speaking to us. Proverbs 4:20 says “My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words.” Such selective hearing is simply paying attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God is speaking to us. Others are speaking to us. And when we pay attention and are tuned in to the Master’s frequency, and when we set aside all distractions, we’ll hear!  When we do, we’ll be listening WELL and SELECTING our hearing to hearing God’s voice..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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