Firstly, the listening challenge remains...well, a challenge. Today's focus was a student that makes the whole thing interesting. Bless him, but he chatters nearly constantly. He gets excited and repeats himself, consistently discusses topics that I know nothing about, and is a close/loud talker. He's very sweet, but after a while it can really be a challenge to stay with him in a conversation. So today I strove to make sure that I gave him eye contact and more appropriate responses than, "Uh huh, Mmm hmm, yeah, etc.". It really seemed to help most of the time. A few times I slipped up and admittedly did get distracted. But I'm human and I can't always be perfect. Neither can he, and he deserves all that I can give him.
The other way I served today was to pray for something I heard about on the radio on the way home. It always hurts my heart to see or hear about a serious car accident. This one sounded like a doozy with at least 8 people hurt and one transported to the hospital via helicopter. I prayed for the accident victims, their families, their doctors, and those caring for them on the scene. I also prayed for those who were stuck on the highway at a complete standstill as all of this was going on. I have to be careful, though, because at one point I was so lost in thought/prayer about them that I almost didn't notice when the car in front of me came to a sudden stop. Thanks God, for watching out for me so I didn't end up in an accident,too.
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