I'm fairly new to this site and enjoy all of the discussions. My philosophy on this one is:
Ask and you shall receive an answer. Seek and you shall find "the" answer.
Whenever I am need of understanding I take my questions directly to the source and always receive my answers directly from the source. No one can tell you the truth. Their truth you may receive, but "the" truth is something one must discover for himself.
I am reminded of a serious conversation I had with the Lord about a year ago. I was pondering a very vivid dream that I had about eight years ago where I received a visit from a spiritual teacher who informed me that I "must deliver the message." I had no understanding of what this message could be.
I asked the Lord in meditation; "What can I possibly say or do that hasn't already been said or done? What can I communicate that Jesus Himself hasn't already tried to say? No one listened to Him, no one understands Him. No one understands me either. Lord, you have a very strange way of doing your work."
I sat for a few moments in silence. As I was about to get up I heard a whisper. It was soft and quick, like a breeze. All that it said was; "Keep going".
Not the answer I was hoping for, but events and knowledge obtained through unseen guidance over the next year has revealed to me some truths that have never been recorded, not even in the Bible. I am in the process of writing and publishing my findings. I now have a better understanding of what that message is and why I have been chosen to deliver it.
I went through the doubts and skepticism stages in my youth and at one point even considered myself an atheist. I am thankful that I wasn't born into a strictly religious family where Church is a mandatory part of upbringing. My mind wasn't forced closed by all of the strict rules of conduct enforced by the church which would guarantee me an eternal seat in hell if I broke them. Instead, I was free to question the true nature of God.
During my spell as an "atheist", something did not want me to give up the search. It was as if God put His arm around me and said; "Never mind that crap, allow ME to show you. Did He ever! Heaven let your light shine down!
My faith in God was not instilled in church or any other religious venue or cult. It was acquired rather mystically, through dreams, personal experience and direct communication. No one can break my faith.
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