Are we listening?

Is God speaking to you today. Probably, The question really should be are we listening to what God is saying. I asked the class Sunday morning if someone wanted to share something God was saying this week to them. Amazingly enough several people had heard from God. It was great to here how God was touching and leading each person. It never ceases to amaze me that when God draws us closer to himself he will use everyday mundane things to communicate with us. All of a sudden everything we see, hear, or experience takes on a spiritual application. I love that.
Of course, sometimes, the messages aren't so subtle. Every once in a while God slaps us upside the head so he can get our attention. I told the story this Sunday morning about my daughter Lyndsay. Lyndsay had posted on Facebook earlier in the week her stress level about some upcoming decisions and tasks that she would be facing. My first thought was "great". Push outside of your comfort zone and experience the growth that comes from that. God, however, had a different message to Lyndsay. On Friday morning Lyndsay fell and broke her leg. The break was in both bones just above her ankle. Unfortunately Lyndsay is going to have to have surgery and cannot walk at all for at least two weeks after that. This means she is going to have to slow down and rest. Sometimes we get very caught up in the stresses of our lives and even though the things we're doing are very worthwhile they start to become an extra weight that we carry. While I may say "press on", get out of your comfort zone, that may not always be what God wants, at least at this particular moment. In some cases God may be saying " be still and know that I am God".
Now don't take this to mean that I believe God broke Lyndsay's leg! I am just saying God will use situations to communicate with us. Hopefully yours will be in the everyday,mundane type instead of the kind that you go to the hospital for. Either way lets be sure were listening.
John