learning to listen

Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies. Philippians 4:8‭-‬9 MSG

I have seven grandchildren. I watch them being trained by their parents. My eldest grandson and I are close, perhaps because I see in him myself at his age. I was the eldest of 6. He is the eldest of 5. I love that he calls and we chat about the happenings in his life.

He told me he had been grounded for 6 months for backchatting his mum. Some would say this was tough, it is, but he is being moulded beautifully. Myer talks opening about the grounding, his mistake and how he is handling it. He is very ambivilant about the whole process and embraces his time away from technology by cooking. He said today that he can earn himself extra points by doing acts of kindness. I was impressed!

I can only rejoice that the training my son received, and along with his wife, he has improved on it, to the benefit of his children and me their grandmother.

Learning to listen and pay attention is good for us! Amen!