"Slow to anger?"

so, i'm working through the rest of the first chapter of james. i want to say that it still amazes me how i can read the same set of scripture a million times and still find something new in it... i love james and it always teaches me something. yesterday i got caught up on the first half of the first chapter, tonight it is the second half.

we are instructed to be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. this makes me feel so convicted. i think about how many times i just want to talk, talk, talk and how hard it is for me to always do the listening. it also reminds me that i am quickly angered and sometimes over the dumbest things!

i don't think i've always been bad at listening but for some reason, i go through phases where i just want to be heard. i know that we all need to be heard but how much am i missing because i'm too busy talking? i know, i'm human but it's not an excuse.

so, i'm praying that the lord can help me be more aware of what people are saying and more importantly what the lord is saying. i'm also praying that my anger will also be controllable.

from now on, i am going to remember that, "The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. (Thich Nhat Hanh)"