Oct
28
Listening
Filed under {!-- ra:000000000965557f000000007be190f5 --}{if 'Listening' == '52home' && category_name == '52home'} Biblical Womanhood | Speech {if:else} Biblical Womanhood | Speech {/if}My son Andrew asks a lot of questions, usually followed by a series of “why’s?” So this meditation by John Piper on Proverbs 18:13 is particularly relevant to me, and to most moms, I imagine. This verse says, “If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame” and I want to encourage you to read Dr. Piper’s article entitled “Ten Reasons to Listen to Questions Before You Answer.”