There is a story out of Edinburgh, Scotland, about a woman who was resolutely opposed to street-corner evangelism. One Sunday evening she was waiting for a streetcar at the Mound, a location used by various orators and, on that day, by a well-known evangelist. The meeting had just finished when, to her horror, she saw the evangelist heading straight for her. She gathered her strength and had her answer ready. So when the poor man politely said, "Excuse me, Madam, but does the number six car go to Marchmont?" she snapped back, "That's a matter between me and my God!"
She answered a question that was never asked. She had not heard the man because she was "listening with her answer running."
A sure way for wives and husbands, parents and children, employers and employees, people of all acquaintances to misunderstand one another is to listen with their answers running.
Today, give your whole attention to others and discover what a difference it makes!
