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Can You Hear What Isn’t Being Said?
By Erica McGraw
Life is a precious gift from to think of how we as peo- books written about learn-
God. He created us to live ple need to listen better ing the love language of
and move in purpose, but so we can reach those those around you. Some
sometimes hurdles come asking for help. Some- of the things that will
and it may seem like It’s times it’s like we don’t ful- satisfy your needs in a
impossible to maneuver ly understand, so we just time of trouble may not
around or over, so it seems move on. I was reminded be the same thing that will
as though we are stuck. of the message by TD help your child, your
Jakes titled He-Motions! It spouse, your parents, a co
Recently, I attended a Cele- is toward the end of this -worker, a fellow church
bration of Life for a young message that Bishop Jakes member, etc. We all have
man, 14 years old who de- was speaking of a fish our own way of coping
cided that his presence was swimming in the water and receiving what is
no longer needed here. He and the thermostat mal- needed to move us from a
hurt and yearned to be functioned. This fish real- place of despair and hope-
with his father who passed ized his environment was lessness.
away when he was four changing and realized he
years old. needed help, but people Sometimes we get caught
didn’t notice his cry for up in our own lives that
In the process of attending
help; then the next morn- we can’t hear the cries of
the Celebration of Life for
ing, the fish was found other or we choose not to
this young man, I began to
non-responsive. (Go listen listen to the cries of oth-
hear the people say things ers. We can’t do that, we
like, “we didn’t know” or to the message, TD Jakes have to learn as much
“he touched my life” or “I does the story much about the people around
wish he would have said better then I, but I hope us so when we realize
something.” As I listened you see the point that is their environment has
being made.)
to the people talk, I began
changed, we can be there
There are also those to assist them while they
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