Listen Through Your Heart

I was listening to Stephan R. Covey's book 6 Events.  In it he suggest that listening, truly listening, starts in your heart.  Now this got me thinking; the heart is representative of love and is the bodies life force.  Christ tells us to "love one another with a perfect heart"(1 Pet 1:22).  One way to show this love that Peter speaks of is to listen sincerely to the person.  We must listen to listen and understand not to give a reply.  When this happens we find out more about what their saying and the spirit will speak to us what is important for them to here.  If  we listen to form a response we distract ourselves from them and distance us from showing them true love.  Paul taught the Ephesians that "Christ may dwell in your heart by faith"(3:17).  With Christ in our heart he can listen with His spirit, or the Holy Ghost.  By doing these things we can come closer to those around us and show our love to our fellow brothers and sisters.