I truly do respect your opinion, honestly I do. But I did not go looking for this nor was it on my mind. So take it for what its worth, that at 2am in the morning, sleeping like a baby, I am awakened and hear Him say: get it out of the house NOW. Snowing outside, 2am, I did because I heard Him that clear.
I mean truly there would be NO REASON for a silly gnome to be on my mind at 2am in the morning asleep in the bed. No reason at all. But it was on His mind and He didnt want it there, so I got rid of it. I never ever thought much of the gnome except I didnt like it, didnt know why I didnt like it.
This is just my belief, just as u.s. follow items created for their purpose such as ouija boards, tarot cards etc etc., there are things created that are for that purpose, and just as we wouldnt have a picture or statue of buddha on our mantel, the same would apply to anything else that DOES NOT represent our Lord. Contrary to others beliefs, evil follows what was created for them and for their purpose. And what better way than to disguise it as something cute and innocent.
Now here Im gonna run off of memory of what I read and I think it was in New Mexico a while back, the silly game that children played called "charlie" or something like that, where they do something with a pencil, there was this school in N Mexico that was doing it amongst the children, JUST FOR FUN, within a short period of time students by almost 100 of them started fainting and convulsing and claimed to have seen a dark shadow within the school. Now no, I wasnt there, but the point being is that "things are created to look and seem" as if its innocent and theres nothing to it. I personally believe if GOD says its not His and get rid of it, do not touch it, then this ole gal will take Him at His word.
I know it sounds silly, but claim mean silly all day long, dont care, if He says its a NO, then Im gonna agree with Him. And what other explanation would I provide for this when my dog suddenly no longer stands and stares at this thing, I mean he would literally look at it weirdly, I thought well its the stuffed animal or the picture of my kids up there, or or or and no matter what I did, or moved, it was always that gnome. He never again has looked up at that mantle.
There is a supernatural spiritual world beyond what our fleshly eyes can see, and just because our fleshly eyes cant see it, doesnt omit that our Spirit cant hear from Him and be guided by Him in this unseen world. Do I walk around in fear, absolutely not, but when HE speaks to me, I listen and do my best to obey and trust Him. Just as there is supernatural wonderful things of good, such as angels and miracles, healing etc., there is also the other side of the supernatural which is evil. We cant close our eyes to it all, and HE says my people are destroyed for LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. That doesnt just apply to scriptures, it applies to things of the spirit.
I respect your thought RaymondG and others, truly I do.
First read it in a realtor site, then googled it. Lotsa info right there!
Hey, I don't make this stuff up and I guess in all honesty, it is out there. Like they say, every day is a day to learn. I'm still learning about how to honour God in the best and fullest of ways and if this is another step, then so be it. I hadn't really thought too deeply about it until SP started it! ( 
