Spending time in the gay bars of
the red light district gave me many new thoughts on how to interact with people.
The most profound thing that I learned was that broken people are willing to
talk if we (Christians) are willing to listen.
We have been taught all of our lives that God gave us two ears and one
mouth, therefore we are supposed to listen twice as much as we talk. At
childhood ages this seems so silly, but when you finally put it into practice,
then you see the glory of God.
Broken people want help and want to talk about their struggles, so that
they can be freed from them. The problem is that many times we want to fix the
problem and tell the person why they are broken. Broken people know they're
broken. They do not want another person pointing out their brokenness, what
they want is a friend who is willing to listen to them as they sift through
their emotions and feelings.
-Aaron
Bangkok, Thailand