Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever been in the middle of doing something, something you have no apprehension in doing, and suddenly...something inside your head says "stop!"?
You probably have.
Ill give an example of a time this happened to me.
One weekend I decided to go for a drive to see someone. It wasn't a bad drive, 20 min. But I had my kids with me. When I was nearly where I was headed, I asked god, "am I doing the right thing?". That small voice answered.
"Turn around and go home."
I of course argued this. (Stubborn)
Im almost there. I thought. It would be silly to turn around now. What a waste of time and gas.
So I kept driving. Got to where I was going. Saw who id gone to see.
Long story short, it was not a pleasant afternoon.
Good thing god doesn't say I told you so.
Whether we know we're doing wrong or not, most of us "hear" something down "inside" tell us to stop. Back down. Choose what is right. Turn around and go home. The world refers to this as a conscious. Or even just a "feeling" or "something" that told them.
"I just had a feeling you needed me to visit you today."
"Something told me to not to go to the bank. And it was robbed this morning."
I wont pretend to know everything but I believe those inner voices are god trying to protect us. Think about it, have you ever purposefully avoided doing something just because you didn't want to? You knew it wasn't right but really didn't care. Then some still small voice speaks up and tells you to do the right thing. Begrudgingly you agree. (Right?
). That voice, I believe, is god.
Are you waiting for the blueberry muffin tie in? Well...here it is.
This morning I wanted to make blueberry muffins. The blueberries were on their way out, I had lots of flour. Game on.
I start combining ingredients. Only, I used the last of the oil cooking dinner last night. Oh well, I can substitute something right?
After I have everything in the bowl I read the recipe's directions further to find that I should have mixed the dry ingredients separately then made a well for the milk, blueberries, etc.
Oops.
My blueberries were crushed as I folded everything together at once.
I hadn't read through the directions. I didn't have all the ingredients. I shouldn't have attempted the muffins. I knew this. But once again I got full of myself and did what I wanted anyway.
Those blueberries would have been just fine in some yogurt.
The result? Oddly textured muffins. A bowl, pan, and spoon to wash. A waste of time and food. What a mess.
This is like what happens when we ignore god. When we get full of ourselves and think we know best. It'll come out ok, im only missing oil. Im almost there. Everybody else is doing it.
But when we ignore god and do what we want, we get a mess to clean up. We suffer the consequences, hurt feelings, wasted time, drained energy, and occasionally...
Oddly textured blueberry muffins.
You probably have.
Ill give an example of a time this happened to me.
One weekend I decided to go for a drive to see someone. It wasn't a bad drive, 20 min. But I had my kids with me. When I was nearly where I was headed, I asked god, "am I doing the right thing?". That small voice answered.
"Turn around and go home."
I of course argued this. (Stubborn)
Im almost there. I thought. It would be silly to turn around now. What a waste of time and gas.
So I kept driving. Got to where I was going. Saw who id gone to see.
Long story short, it was not a pleasant afternoon.
Good thing god doesn't say I told you so.
Whether we know we're doing wrong or not, most of us "hear" something down "inside" tell us to stop. Back down. Choose what is right. Turn around and go home. The world refers to this as a conscious. Or even just a "feeling" or "something" that told them.
"I just had a feeling you needed me to visit you today."
"Something told me to not to go to the bank. And it was robbed this morning."
I wont pretend to know everything but I believe those inner voices are god trying to protect us. Think about it, have you ever purposefully avoided doing something just because you didn't want to? You knew it wasn't right but really didn't care. Then some still small voice speaks up and tells you to do the right thing. Begrudgingly you agree. (Right?
). That voice, I believe, is god.Are you waiting for the blueberry muffin tie in? Well...here it is.
This morning I wanted to make blueberry muffins. The blueberries were on their way out, I had lots of flour. Game on.
I start combining ingredients. Only, I used the last of the oil cooking dinner last night. Oh well, I can substitute something right?
After I have everything in the bowl I read the recipe's directions further to find that I should have mixed the dry ingredients separately then made a well for the milk, blueberries, etc.
Oops.
My blueberries were crushed as I folded everything together at once.
I hadn't read through the directions. I didn't have all the ingredients. I shouldn't have attempted the muffins. I knew this. But once again I got full of myself and did what I wanted anyway.
Those blueberries would have been just fine in some yogurt.
The result? Oddly textured muffins. A bowl, pan, and spoon to wash. A waste of time and food. What a mess.
This is like what happens when we ignore god. When we get full of ourselves and think we know best. It'll come out ok, im only missing oil. Im almost there. Everybody else is doing it.
But when we ignore god and do what we want, we get a mess to clean up. We suffer the consequences, hurt feelings, wasted time, drained energy, and occasionally...
Oddly textured blueberry muffins.
