hearing, and listening

I've been looking for a new Bible. Asking about different versions, trying to find one that I connect with. I found two versions that I've wanted, tonight at the used book store. I was flipping through different books and found The Message and The Voice. Needless to say I bought both (you can't stop me at a used book store.. it's an addiction, but a good one). So anyway, I opened The Message and was on this:

Romans 12

So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life--your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life--and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. 

God is so good. He wastes nothing. He speaks. And finally, I hear Him, and I listen.