…making your ear attentive to wisdom, inclining your heart to discernment… Proverbs 2:2, TLV

Are We Intentionally Attentive?     Paying attention intentionally. That’s what I think of when I read today’s verse.

I was a distracted student. I lived in my head, so I missed or overlooked a lot of details. I was, however, quite adept at appearing studious, which of course doesn’t work very well in the long run.

Thanks to our Heavenly Father, as I overcame challenges in my life — emotional, behavioral, and spiritual — paying attention became more real, more intentional. Still, I struggle with that default ADHS-mentality.

Intentional Attentiveness = Connection

The difference between intentional attentiveness and distraction is not just listening, it’s also about connection — inclining our heart. It’s about connection with Him. It’s the difference between being His student or sitting on His lap and listening to a Father’s instruction.

Knowing that the Creator of the Universe wants to freely feed us wisdom and knowledge so we can discern and understand His secrets to a life well-lived, is about as compelling as it gets. Don’t you think?

Think More About It

What does intentionally attentiveness look like in your faith and wisdom journey?

Until tomorrow, may our ears be attentive, and our heart inclined to our Father, my friends.

Hear my prayer, ADONAI [the LORD],
and listen to my cry—
do not keep silent at my tears.
For with You I am an outsider, a sojourner,
as all my fathers were. Psalm 39:13, TLV

Let us pray for relief for Israel and the civilians in Gaza. That there would be a breakthrough. God bless you and Shabbat Shalom!