Messengers/Message

[Drich]

First off it's too bad you went through that, but there is a problem in you thinking that God gave what you needed for your situation.

Bad situations are the only way to humble ones heart in such a way to earnestly seek God. Depending on the heart some must experience greater trials than others. Make no mistake it is through Humility that we can truly open the lines of communication with God. Don't pity me for my hardships were carefully crafted gifts. Gifts that I have since learn to reap great reward.

Many people including Christians go through bad times and end up killing themselves.

Indeed many (even some in my own life) would rather die than die to self.

God was not there for them. I am sure you will say at this point God called them home, a great excuse Christians always use.

No God called some of them to great humility. For He must break those deeply whom He intends to use greatly. God was there for them. They were not there for God.

Maybe you were just stronger.

No, Humility is about weakness. I survived because i was not strong enough to kill myself because I did not like my life. I simply submitted. i rolled over and said to God My life belongs to you whatever that means. I am tired of fighting and not willful enough to die for what I believe I deserve. Just take me and do as you will. My life is yours. To the point I stopped praying for a resolution, for my problems. I began to pray for whatever problems I needed to come into my life to change me into who I needed to be. A prayer God gladly and quickly obliged.

As far as how you met your love interest that means absolutely nothing. If i turned down several women sooner or later i might hook up and then foolishly believe it was destined You see there are a million people for, you, me and everyone out there. If it gets you through your day to believe that God is looking down from heaven (always thought that someone looking down at me from heaven is creepy) knock yourself out.

It wasn't the fact that i did this or that. It was that a 'man' told me what I was going to do 4 to 5 years before I did it. A man i literally said maybe 5 words to total, none of which had anything to do with my love interest.

Again, this was for me and not you. I am simply here to point the way to your own opportunity, not to convince you of mine.

PS I am more interested in how God communicated to you Is it just a feeling or does he talk to you? I am serious with my question. If you are uncomfortable with answering that don't worry about it. Just curious

I am faithful to what I have been given. If I can give you an answer then I am obligated to do so.

God aside from this encounter has never spoken to me directly. I have had dreams, (of hell, of my impending judgment of which I failed twice/two separate occasions.) My primary direction from God comes in the way of opportunities. Doors will open (Like the loan I got for my business, or how I was able to buy into a 6 figure franchise for less than 3000.00 Or how I have been able to keep it, and have it grow faster than any other in the country.) Other direction comes after I pray. Like if I have a problem with X a radio show or something will directly tell me how to manage problem X. Or there are other times opportunity open up where I simply feel this is something God has lead me to do, but I have absolutely no idea how to do it, I am faithful to the opportunity and things happen, people come across my path to fill in my own short comings.

I also use the bible to make all of my decisions i possibly can. Sometimes I go through hell but in the end things turn out 100x better than I wanted them to.

Then there is answering questions. To be honest when I start reading some of your questions (the new ones not the rehashed ones other atheists have asked.) I sometimes have no Idea what to write or even say. I pray, and then I start seeing pictures of the problem illustrated in my mind. I see the what seems like to be separate problems and then I often see the common thread that unites the principle and simple describe what I see. Often times because i am a simple person the answers seem overly simplistic (like the explanation of the trinity) I do not see or think what has been given most times. and then when you all challenge these principles I get to research and explore how deep and reinforced this principle is. The same happened when I did my bit on evolution/creation.

Then there are times I simply write or describe what I see without seeing how things are connected. The last time this happened was on the x-ray specs. I had absolutely no direction when I was writing it and then stimbo or whomever pointed out a "self mate.." I thought to myself he's right. So i prayed and asked for direction, then something told me to read my own words, and it was like a light went on where i saw how all of the separate problems being described in this thread were tied, and simply described what I saw.

Whatever I 'feel' like I am getting from God it must first pass through the filter of the bible. For God is not the only one who can speak to you. What separates God's voice from the rest is that God will never contradict His own written word.