After my last post, I decided to start reading the Bible again, starting at 1 Samuel, since he had problems discerning God's voice.
And I heard Him say, "You're going to be like him." (Oh crap, a thought just occured to me--is this the answer to my last blog?) A few seconds later, as I was thinking this over (thinking, 'is this right?'), I got a confirmation when my eyes ran over another passage saying, "It is the Lord".
That whole thing seemed like a tap on the shoulder; reminding me of a past event---some months ago, when I was alone, I told God something (I forget what now), and He told me, 'You are going to be My prophet." I was really
I've been interested in it--for a while, almost to the point of asking, but I didn't, for two reasons. One, pride. Two, the yoke. As my Old Testament teacher put it, most of the prophets lived a lonely life with a lot of grief over God's people; plus, since they usually delivered bad news, they were often killed. Third, and this just occured to me, maturity. Why would God give me something else, if I haven't developed what I already have? So for those reasons, I retracted that request, but I have a feeling that what I've been experiencing and this, are related.
And I heard Him say, "You're going to be like him." (Oh crap, a thought just occured to me--is this the answer to my last blog?) A few seconds later, as I was thinking this over (thinking, 'is this right?'), I got a confirmation when my eyes ran over another passage saying, "It is the Lord".
That whole thing seemed like a tap on the shoulder; reminding me of a past event---some months ago, when I was alone, I told God something (I forget what now), and He told me, 'You are going to be My prophet." I was really
I've been interested in it--for a while, almost to the point of asking, but I didn't, for two reasons. One, pride. Two, the yoke. As my Old Testament teacher put it, most of the prophets lived a lonely life with a lot of grief over God's people; plus, since they usually delivered bad news, they were often killed. Third, and this just occured to me, maturity. Why would God give me something else, if I haven't developed what I already have? So for those reasons, I retracted that request, but I have a feeling that what I've been experiencing and this, are related.