Hearing the Spirit

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GBSmith wrote:

The other thing I’ve wondered about is if or even how much God intervenes in our lives unbidden. It seems like an agency issue. If God/the Spirit were stepping in all the time then what is the point of our having choice. My wife’s theory is that we have guardian angels that are ready to help but can’t unless asked. Then, of course, the help we get may be what we need but not what we asked for. Just a thought.

In real life, maybe some stories happen and people had feelings or premonitions that came true that make a good story. But how many of those same people have the same feelings or premonitions at other times that just amount to nothing…and then, those stories just never get told?

Its hard for me to find those kinds of stories faith-promoting…because I don’t know what it is promoting faith in.

– That God sometimes intervenes, but not sometimes.

– That with faith and prayer we can ask for help, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t?

– That God let’s you know He cares about you sometimes, but other times wants you to learn you can be OK on your own without intervention, but whatever the outcome…we are tested on how we react to whatever happens?

– That religious people have promptings and attribute it to God, while non-religious people have gut feelings also but just don’t attribute it to God?

Besides it being a feel good story…what faith do these stories promote? Is it true faith or false faith?

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