The Stubborn Ear
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Dr. Rosemary Lee Potter is one of the miracles God has allowed me to witness. Throughout my pastoral ministry, Ive become convicted that the greatest miracle of life is not eyes seeing again, legs walking again, even marvels in medical science, glorious to behold. The greatest miracle is a changed mind and heart, the result of connecting with the presence, power, and person of God.
Rosemary Potter has claimed this miracle! Reading The Stubborn Ear will tell how it happened and provide you the key that alone opens the channel and connects with God. This book is a must-read for both believers and those who do not!
Dr. Tom Farmer Jr., grateful former Pastor
Whereas our tongues lead us into trouble daily, our ears provide wisdom for a lifetime! Rosemary Potters inspired work causes us to lean into the greatest of lifes teachers: the voice of God. The Stubborn Ear is creative and witty, a simple work that will last a lifetime.
The Reverend Bob Martin, Senior Pastor of St. Paul UMC, Largo, Florida
Ive read most of the writings by my friend and colleague of thirty years, Dr. Rosemary Potter. The Stubborn Ear was a delightful surprise, her most spiritual and personal book! Id witnessed many of the listening events described. This uplifting little book recalls her learning to stop, Be still, to listen, hearing Gods voice leading her to help others. It is a must-read for anyone struggling to discover Gods will and direction for their lives!
Carole Popaden, Retired Librarian
Rosemary Lee Potter
Rosemary Lee Potter is a teacher, speaker, writer, mom, wife, grandma, sister, and aunt. She leads in women’s, drama, medical, and pediatric ministries. She constantly tries to be still, listen to God’s bidding, and then do it. In this memoir, she reveals twenty years of what happened when she shut up and listened to God!
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The Stubborn Ear - Rosemary Lee Potter
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Awareness Episodes
Be still and know that I am God
Psalm 46:10
Angel Visitors
The surgical miracle, the hem of Jesus’ robe, the nurse Bible readers…
Psalm 116, 8-9 Matthew 9:20-25
Second Chance Cabin
The mountain memorial service, the old log house, the contractors…
Psalm 121 Psalm 127:1
East on a Russian Peace Train
Educators aboard, occult surroundings, connected with Father Feddey and Artyem…
Psalm 33:10-11 Psalm 147:1-6
Following Directions
Who is needing help right now? The Ukrainian boy, the Haitian children…?
Proverbs 3:5-6
God’s Priorities
Who is just too busy to listen? Martha, Mary, and Rosemary choose…
Matthew 4:18-22
What Happens Next Might Be Wild and Scary
Who listens takes unusual journeys at home and paths abroad.
Isaiah 43:10
And To My Listening Ears!
Keeping ears open.
Psalm 45:1
Dedication
This book of finding, hearing faith and direction is dedicated to Robert and Kenyon, beloved sons, advisors, blessings.
It is also in remembrance of their father, Robert Ellis Potter, who more than twenty years ago became the real vision of listening to God.
— RLP
THE STUBBORN EAR
Rosemary Lee Potter
Be still and know that I am God.
— Psalm 46:10
Nobody would ever call me still. I am usually neither quiet nor still. My skill of mouth and mind, my energetic physical activities have been the basis of my various livelihoods—teaching school and swimming, writing, and, particularly, speaking. When I slept maybe I was still. All the while, I’ve certainly known that these verbal gifts were mine from God. That’s what I’ve always told people. God apparently wanted glib me to rattle on and on. I thought, Wasn’t I being paid for my lively ideas both in print and speeches? Wasn’t it God’s gift that I am a faster listener than most of my friends speak to me?
Hmmm!
Twenty years ago I began to learn differently. It was then that my conscious Christian experience and human adventures gradually changed forever and I began to develop a quieter mouth, a better ear, and calmer mind.
My new walk began in 1992, when my husband Bob of twenty-eight years was diagnosed with melanoma. The ensuing family anxiety and eventual loss of my dear mate marshaled my attention to the meaning of Christian life. As events dramatically unfolded then and through the following years, I grew deeply conscious of God’s daily presence, His constant concern, and His guidance in all the matters of living. I actually heard and saw answers to prayer. I became aware that I would receive guidance, if I would only finally shut up and listen. I’d learn how God wants me to occupy myself. I would never be the same.
This stilling
memoir is a joyful sharing of what Christian life really is and what it can be for the Christian who gives over to constant praying and then, listens, paying close attention to God’s messages and instructions. It’s for those believers who may be, as I was, noisily too caught up in life’s extremely unquiet busyness. It’s a witness to believers, an urgent invitation to stop all this frenetic activity, to take notice that a Christian listens and does.
The read is also for those who do not yet believe.