{"id":254,"date":"2018-01-24T16:34:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T16:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=254"},"modified":"2019-12-10T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T13:44:11","slug":"learning-a-new-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2018\/01\/24\/learning-a-new-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning a New Language"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,”\u00a0 Hebrews 3:7<\/strong><\/em>
\nI’m listening to the book “Whispers” by Mark Batterson.\u00a0 It’s about hearing the voice of God.\u00a0 He compares learning to hear from God like learning a new language.\u00a0 He uses the analogy of Helen Keller,\u00a0 who at 19 months old contracted an illness which caused her to go deaf and blind.\u00a0 As a result of this,\u00a0 she honed her sense of touch to such a degree she could listen to music by placing her hands on the radio, sensing the difference in instruments by the changing vibrations.\u00a0 She learned to “hear” words by placing her hands on a persons’ larnyx and “feeling” the vibrations of the vocal cords.\u00a0 She learned to communicate through sign language.\u00a0 As a result she was the first deaf and blind person to receive a Bachelors of Art Degree.
\nEffectively, Helen Keller learned a new language to communicate and live in the world.\u00a0 It was adapted to her circumstances, her life, her abilities.
\nWhen we hear from God, we are doing the same thing.\u00a0 We are learning a new language. One specific to our relationship with God.\u00a0 One geared to how we communicate with Him and how He communicates with us.
\nI think this is a fascinating perspective.\u00a0 I had never thought of it like this.\u00a0 I’ve heard many a sermons on “tuning” into God the same way we tune into a radio station.\u00a0 I had never thought of it as learning a new language.
\nYet when I think of different friends in my life and how they communicate with God, it truly is a unique and personal experience.\u00a0 I have one friend who hears from God in her dreams.\u00a0 I have another who feels it in her spirit, not necessarily in words.\u00a0 I myself hear Him most through the scriptures.\u00a0 When I’m not sure what to do, one will come to mind from somewhere deep in my cortex and I know it is the Lord speaking to me.
\nIn the same way, we all communicate with Him differently.\u00a0 I have some friends whose best God time is when they are on the commute to work.\u00a0 Others it’s at bedtime.\u00a0 For me, it’s first thing in the morning.\u00a0 I love to close myself in my prayer closet, open my Bible and lose myself in Him.\u00a0 Others prefer worship music and wide open spaces.
\nEach person is different, each unique.\u00a0 It is like learning a new language.\u00a0 One created for each of us.\u00a0 One no one else knows.
\nMost important of all, the more we study our individual language.\u00a0 The more we learn to talk to God through it.\u00a0 The more sensitive we are to His whispers, the louder and clearer we will hear His voice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,”\u00a0 Hebrews 3:7 I’m listening to the book “Whispers” by Mark Batterson.\u00a0 It’s about hearing the voice of God.\u00a0 He compares learning to hear from God like learning a new language.\u00a0 He uses the analogy of Helen Keller,\u00a0 who at 19 months old… Continue reading Learning a New Language<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1571,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/1571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}