Do you hear God?

Clara asked me tonight, "how did you know to name me Clara?"
I answered, "God told me."
She said, "God told you?! God talked to you?"
Then she asked, "how can we hear God?"

Wow, so how to answer that...I don't know. God really has never spoken to me. Well, not never, yes I did hear him tell me (in church one weekend in September 2008) in my second trimester of my first pregnancy that I was going to have a girl and I was to name her Claire. (closer to her birth, Mike thought of her middle name "'Grace" so instead of Claire, we went with Clara-which was my grandma's name.)

I said, "that is a good question. One needs to be quiet, sometimes God speaks in your heart, sometimes your brain."
Clara then adds that one can use their ears too. She then tells me to be quiet and stop talking so she can listen for God. She says she cannot hear him.
I say, "well you need to be quiet. You know how in church Daddy and I are always telling you to use your listening ears, that is a good time to listen for God."
Clara tells me again to stop talking so she can listen for God. Again, "I cannot hear him."
I say, "well, relax. Let the silence of the night take over. And just listen."

Goodnight my sweet Clara. I pray (so very hard) that He talks to you.