Sometimes I don't learn anything from the sermon in church. At least, that's what I think at the time. Often, there was one snippet that gets through to me a couple days later. This happens especially if it's something I've heard before, particularly if it is a common subject. However, since it's not all about me, and there could be someone in church who did need to hear it, I try not to feel unfulfilled.
Today, the sermon was one I didn't connect with. It didn't speak to me, and it didn't touch my heart. As far as I know. So, while I did listen with one ear, what I chose to do was read my Bible, and reflect on today's chapter. I didn't get anything from that either.
The information I did get from the sermon, I put on a shelf. You know the shelf. It's the one where you place information when you aren't sure if you're going to file it away later, or shred it. It will probably stay on the shelf for a while, and then trickle through my brain's filing system. I'm still not sure where it will end up.
Just because I didn't learn anything new from the sermon, doesn't mean I didn't learn anything at all today. Today, I am learning patience and love, even when I am annoyed. I am learning that just because a person can be perceived as annoying for certain traits, doesn't mean I have the whole picture. Today I learned love for a woman whose friends no longer live close by, and whom many members of the church do find annoying, especially with her chatter. Today I learned to listen with an open, and patient heart, no matter the situation. I learned to be more understanding. God teaches me something new every day, if I only open up my heart, and really listen.
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"Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly" (Proverbs 14:29).
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