Good Sounds and A Trick

The expression "you can't teach an old dog new tricks"? Well, I don't know about that, cause my dogs only know 2 tricks: they can sit on demand-if they feel like it, and, they take really good naps... But, what I do know is this: "You can teach a 51 year-old woman new tricks-if she's willing". Now that's a good one...

So today I'm liking some sounds. The sounds of Canada Geese flying overhead, just the occasional, distinctive honking heard above the loud whirring of their wings, that's a good sound. The sound of my 2 year-old GrandBoy saying "Hewwo, Bubby", that's a good sound. The fact that I can FINALLY say, "I got my household garbage out on the day before Thanksgiving this year", that's a good sound. That I'll tell Larry "I'm going to Fairhope today", where I'll pick up a ham for lunch tomorrow AND stop in to my favorite Fairhope shops, that's a good sound. That I'll say "my turkey is thawed and ready to roast" today as opposed to having to bathe and baby it on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, that's a good sound.

And I'm liking the sound of someone telling me "What you shared with me was so good. It's changing my life. Thank you. I know it was hard for you to tell me that, but you did anyway", maybe not in those exact words, but something like them.

That's my new trick. Listening and obeying. Even though it may be something I THOUGHT was against my very being. Even though I don't like to tell people what I really think. Even though I think they might not like me very much if I tell them that. Even though I've been chicken.

If you're "stuck", if you're in a rut or funk, perhaps it's because you're not DOING what you heard Him tell you to do. It's not an audible voice that you hear with your physical ears, but down on the inside of you, it's that thing that you know you were to do. Or something you knew you were to share with someone. It's not too late. Ask God to give you the opportunity again. And when that opportunity comes, don't miss it. It won't hurt as much as you thought it would. Because, the thing is, you'll be in that rut until you do what you know to do.

And then you'll say "that's a good sound". Cause, if I can, you can...