Posts Under Category: hear the whisper

The Time Her Deafness Taught Me to Listen

January 21, 2013 | Posted by GodCenteredMom on calling, hear the whisper, relationship with God / Tagged: Cochlear implant, Deaf, Hear the voice of God, solitude | 4 comments

There are so many stories to share with you from what’s been going on in the Mac home ; funny stories, injurious ones, happy-news ones… But first I want to share this particularly story from my past (my pre-kids, pre-Dallas days). Susan stood out among my graduate school speech-language pathology clients. Each semester we were assigned 3-4 clients. By graduation we were required to have seen ...

Hear the Whisper Wednesday: King Saul

August 3, 2011 | Posted by GodCenteredMom on hear the whisper, humility, pride | 0 comments

From the smallest tribe, the first king of Israel was anointed: King Saul. Saul answered, “But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why do you say such a thing to me?” (1 Samuel 9:21) Once Samuel anointed Saul king, Samuel heard the “voice of ...

Hear the Whisper: Mishandled Success

July 6, 2011 | Posted by GodCenteredMom on God-centered, hear the whisper, humility | 0 comments

What if you train your son well, you model a God-centered life, and he experiences God’s blessing and great success…then he makes one self-centered decision that ruins his life? This is what Jecholiah experienced with her son… King Uzziah (2 Chronicles 26) God Centered Young King Made king at the age of 16, one would think Uzziah would have begun his reign a proud and ...

Hear the Whisper Wednesday: Pharisee Prayers

June 22, 2011 | Posted by GodCenteredMom on hear the whisper | 7 comments

(authors note: to learn more about “Hear the Whisper Wednesday” click here.) Prayer Attitude: Pharisee vs Tax Collector (Luke) “To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: ‘Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: God, ...

Hear the Whisper Wednesday

June 15, 2011 | Posted by GodCenteredMom on hear the whisper | 6 comments

The Bible is full of examples of people who placed themselves as center of their worlds only to be completely and utterly humbled. I heard the quote once, “I would rather listen to the whisper of God to humble myself, than feel His whip”. In other words, will we learn from the example of those who have gone before us, were full of pride and then ...