What Big Ears You Have....

I have a sweet art student I have worked with for years. Like many of my students, I have watched her grow up. When I decided I needed a breather from my group class, she asked to continue privately. I don't do private lessons as I just don't have the time, but this one is a special kid who soaks up my instruction like a sponge and is a delightful person to just be with. So we sit together quietly once a month for an hour drawing. She brought a picture of a Fennec Fox for us to work on her charcoal skills. It was very difficult to draw because my hand was shaking so much from laughing. Look at this creature! How does he hold up his head with ears that size!?

When I could stop chuckling long enough to draw a line, I began to think about the wisdom of this design. I think most of the trouble in the world would end if God had just given us big Fennec Fox ears and a tiny Fennec Fox mouth...or maybe no mouth at all. I know I certainly need to do more listening and less talking, but it is so hard!

Maybe that is why God doesn't materialize physically since Jesus came and went. He gives us a Book, so all we can do is listen but there is no one in sight to argue with. I think in many ways, God is directing me to shut up and listen.

I put the Fennec Fox picture on display in my favorite room so I pass it often and try to HEAR the message.


Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (NIV)
This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live [20] and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him.




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