Friday morning,yesterday,I finally found the message

Good morning journal,the time is 6:47am,I have been awake since 6:00am and I am on my first life restoring coffee of the day. Buttons got me out of bed nuzzling me to go outside,but this morning it was a trick,as soon as I got up,she jumped into bed and settled down and closed her eyes happily,that old dog is way too smart for her own good,and I fell for it again,as I always do. Yesterday morning,I went to pulmonary rehab classes,as always,it was a most enjoyable experience,by the end of an hour I was very tired and my muscles ached,but in a satisfying way if you get my meaning. After the class was over,a nutritionist called Dorothy Smith came in and spoke to us about diet and how to eat healthily,it was very interesting if your into that kind of stuff,as I very rarely eat a full meal because of my lack of appetite I decided that eating a "healthy plate" as she put it,wasn't really first on my agenda of things to do,we eat what we can afford when we can afford it,and we are grateful for that. I decided that after class I would take the bus to my doctors office and pick up my new prescription for the next month,this involved getting one bus into town,then changing buses to get to my doctors. I got off in town and my attention was drawn to a young man handing out leaflets to passers by,as I watched,he attempted to talk to people about Jesus,his efforts were met by polite refusals,and some not so polite,but the smile never left his face once,and he carried on regardless. He noticed me watching and came over to me,"your a believer aren't you?",he asked,"yes I am",I replied,and he invited me to sit with him on a street bench to chat. As we chatted,I found him to be a good conversationalist,and an excellent listener,I told him about my collapse at work,and I spoke to him about my voices,how I shared my mind with Jeremiah,Ruth and Micah,and about "the message" that Jeremiah kept speaking of,I told him that I felt the message was in a town,whether that would be the town where we lived or some other area I didn't know. He put his hand on my arm and said,"I have something for you",and he took from his bag a white book and handed it to me face down,I thanked him and then asked why it was for me in particular,he simply said,"turn it over",I did so,and written on the front cover were two words that rendered me speechless,the two words were,"the message". It was a bible written in modern English,and I was blown away that it was called "the message",and I heard Jeremiah whisper one word,he said,"finally",and I knew that I had found what he had been talking about all this time. I asked my young friend what he thought my purpose was in all of this now that I had found the message,he said,"what does a man do with a message he has been given?",and I heard myself reply,"he carries it to the next person",my new friend smiled softly and said,"then that's what you need to do,God has sent you Jeremiah,Ruth and Micah to help you in your ministry,that,I believe,is your purpose now". When I finally arrived home,I told my wife of my experience,and how before parting,my young friend and I prayed together in the street,completely oblivious to the stares of passers by,and then I showed her the book. She said one word,"wow!",she then said that she didn't know what to think about my voices now,but she agreed that it wasn't a coincidence,and she feels that I need to share what happened with others,just how I will go about it I'm not really sure yet,but I have faith in my God that He will show me the way,He has brought me this far,for some reason He has chosen me to minister to His people,who am I to say I can't?. Well journal,that is about all for now,I'm sure people reading this will think I've finally flipped altogether now,it doesn't matter,it isn't my purpose to ask them to believe me,I can only share what has happened to me and let them make up their own minds,until next time then,may the Lord give us the strength and the willingness to get through another day,and I can finally say to Him and my voices,"I hear You",thank You Father,may Your peace and love fill our hearts and our home today.

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bips
bips

I have always felt that you need not be embarrassed by the voices you hear.

In your society, spiritual experiences are perhaps rather uncommon, so people are not used to hearing about them. That is why you are probably so diffident about it. That doesnt make them any less real.
Where I live, such things are easier to accept, and a lot more people have spiritual experiences. The more materialistic the society, the harder these are to accept.
It is wonderful that your voices have finally led to a culmination, and you have got a meaning out of it. God\'s ways are wonderful. I hope you be able to find the will in yourself to communicate about it to other receptive people.
MaryTurk
MaryTurk

You know, when I first heard about your voices and there names, I felt I needed to tell you about \"The Message.\" It is a wonderful little book!! God\'s love letters to us. But down deep, where it matters, I felt God say, \"Not yet. I have other plans.\" WOW. LOVE THE WAY HE WORKS.

You have found an outlet to allow these people to use you for God.

Yes, I hear voices, too. Not sure, but most the time they are God are voices He uses to get a thought across to me. It might be, \"speak to this person\", or \"now, that\'s what you were suppose to do.\"

Don\'t be ashamed. Don\'t think, \"This is bad.\" How do you think the Lord speaks to us. DUH

In a still, small voice. Here is some scripture for you:




1 Kings 19:11-13 (NKJV)
Gods Revelation to Elijah
11 Then He said, Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; 12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.13 So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?

Hope this helps.