During my meditation time with God one morning, He asked me, "Are you ready?" I laughed as I answered that I was. It reminded me of the first such conversation I had with Carlos, one of my students.
Many of my students have a terrible habit of not focusing on what is said to them until the third or fourth time it is repeated. To get them to prepare to focus on what I am going to say a second time, I first ask them, "Are you ready?" Carlos was the first to catch on to what I was doing, and he let me know by demonstrating the technique on me.
Carlos had asked me a question. When I responded with a, "Mmmm," he asked me, "Are you ready?" We shared a big laugh and an even bigger understanding in our teacher-student relationship.
This particular morning, God was speaking to me about the many, abundant blessings coming my way. When I stopped to think about the specifics of what He was saying to me, I wanted Him to review it, so I could capture every word. Before He spoke of those things again, God asked me, "Are you ready?" I am learning that if I am to be blessed, being swift to hear--- counts (James 1:17 - 20). Joy!
