It's the "then listen" part that I often forget...

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God is your Father. He is a loving Father with wonderful plans for His children. Regardless of the greatest plan you can put together for yourself with the greatest power of your imagination, His plan is better, greater, more exciting, and more rewarding. Believe in His plan. Ask Him to reveal His plan to you. Then listen…
- Source: p.38 & 39, A Call to Joy - Living in the Presence of God, by Mathew Kelly