Sometimes the quietest place to begin
is simply sitting where another sits.

Most of our days are filled with noise, quick reactions, and hurried answers.

Yet true understanding rarely begins with speech. It starts with the patience to pause, to share the ground beneath another’s feet, and to listen.

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The Passage · Ezekiel 3:15

I sat where
they sat.

“Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.” Ezekiel 3:15 · KJV

Beside an unseen river, among a displaced people, an ancient prophet was entrusted with a severe commission.

Yet before he uttered a single syllable, he remained silent for seven days. He did not address their condition from a comfortable distance—he entered into it.

The Lesson

The Takeaway

Before you speak—
sit where they sit.

It is easy to arrive with quick advice for problems we haven't taken the time to understand.

Ezekiel had words he was tasked to deliver, but first, he spent seven days in complete silence—absorbing the reality of the people before him.

Take that pause with you today. Before offering an opinion or trying to fix what you see, take the time to listen, observe, and understand the ground another person is walking on.

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Sometimes the quietest place to beginis simply sitting where another sits.

I sat wherethey sat.

Before you speak—sit where they sit.

Sometimes the quietest place to begin
is simply sitting where another sits.

I sat where
they sat.

Before you speak—
sit where they sit.