> > You can only catch it if you're listening for it, though, that's the > > kicker. > > Then there is the whole problem of interpreting it... > > > > - Bob > > > Sounds like random events to me.
That's because I didn't give any details, or context around specific examples, to explain why they weren't random. My point was simply that there is no "one way" you hear God's voice, and very often it's easy to miss in the random noise. Often it's in ways we don't expect. OK, here's a specific example. One ministry I have found useful is called Ellel. They have their HQ in England, but their US HQ is here in Lithia, FL. They specialize in "healing and deliverance" and I have found a lot of their stuff quite interesting and useful in coming to a place of what you might call discipleship. They offer free "healing retreats" where you have a chance to sort through your issues with God and the universe. One of the ways they help you is by walking you through the steps of forgiveness and breaking unholy soul ties, when you decide it's time to let go of some personal grudges or gripes. All that by way of background. What follows is deeply personal, but I decided to share it anyway. It's part of why I believe what I believe. I happened to have a lot of bottled up anger at my dad, who never married my mom, and whom I did not know until I was in my twenties. Long story. I tried to work with him, he rejected me. Eventually, after many years, we did work together on a software package, that over the course of 4 years I spent every weekend, weeknight and vacation day building. He never sold it. Etc. etc. The time came to forgive him, and break an unholy soul tie, based on unexpressed anger, I had created with him, that kept both of us from having a father-son relationship. Well, the very moment that I prayed the prayer of forgiveness and cut that tie, I felt a burden lift off me. OK, maybe that was just an emotional delusion. But 900 miles away and totally unaware of where I was or what I was doing (we actually hadn't talked in over a month), my dad sent a flurry of panicked emails and voicemails to my blackberry at that very moment, concerned that something had happened to me. He even said in one of his emails how much he loved me, Olga and the boys, and just wanted to hear I was OK. Since that time he's a completely changed person. He visited us and spent "quality time" with my boys, reading Dr. Seuss with Timmy and going fishing with Chris---things he never did with me, and prior to that, would never have done with them. He still has his own issues, but the quality of my relationship with him got better the moment I forgave him, literally. Random coincidence? Sure. Right. :) - Bob _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
