uncomfortable. Ultimately, intentional listening is designed to
increase your intimacy with someone you love or want to know
better.
If you long for this kind of back-and-forth conversation with
God, keep reading!
Hearing God Talk Is an Art
Art, in any form—music, sculpture, painting, or pencil drawing
— creates an expression of what its creator sees, thinks, and
feels.
God himself is an artist—every mountain, cloud, star, sunset,
or ocean wave is designed to take your breath away. John
Stott, author and theologian, sent a Christmas greeting to a
friend that said, “The Bible is the Father’s portrait of the Son,
painted by the Holy Spirit.”
I’d like to propose an alternative method for developing the
discipline of hearing God talk to you: Turn your “God Talks”
into works of art.
Use every manner of communication available to you—
poetry, songs, journal writing, letter writing, drawing or
photography, finding illustrations or metaphors—to record
your two-way conversations with God.
First, choose your artistic elements:an easy-flowing pen or an especially thin-leaded pencil
a journal with blank, graph, or lined pages
a paper tablet
a ringed loose-leaf refillable leather binder
a canvas on an easel