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Communication
“Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another” (Malachi 3:16).
The need to communicate is illustrated in this amusing but true story:
A couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by sitting quietly in their parlor with a cup of tea and a loaf of fresh bread. The husband opened the new loaf and gave his wife the heel, or the end crust. She immediately exploded: “This is the last straw! For fifty years you’ve dumped the heel of the bread on me! You always think of yourself first! You take the best and leave the rest to me! You never think of what I like … well I won’t take it anymore!”
Just as she was about to get up and leave, her husband said, “But honey … it’s my favorite piece! I always give it up for you.”
Yes, if we are going to serve and encourage one another in an acceptable way there needs to be communication, and perhaps more particularly a listening ear. Often, we are more apt to speak than to listen and really don’t know what a person is feeling or going through. True service is not always doing something or giving orders but listening first before we speak and do.
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