Sunday, December 4, 2011

UNIQUE COMMUNICATION

photo taken while laying on my back looking at the "heaven's above"
"And they shall see signs and wonders,
for they shall be shown forth in the heavens above,
and in the earth beneath."
Doctrine and Covenants 45:40

"We are unique, and Gods' ways of speaking to each of us is as unique as each of us. We do ourselves a great disservice when we attempt to fit ourselves into a singular, sterotypical persona seeking only a singular way for God to talk with and to us. We make ourselves into something we aren't, in search to find what cannot be found that way. If we demand only the extraordinary before we will recognize His voice, we run the risk of looking in the wrong way for Him. His voice is there. He speaks to all of us. But we can miss it if we are not attuned to listen.

You may never be able to hear God speak to you in the way in which others hear Him. If you determine He must speak to you in a specific way, and not in any other way, you can go a lifetime without ever having a conversation with Him. He longs to speak with each of us. Within each o fus there is something uniquely attuned to Him. How He reaches out to you may be as singular and unique as you are and you can be assured He is reaching out. In fact, God is rather noisy, if you will allow Him to be.

We were never intended to live without a direct connection to Him. Instead, we should hear His voice, and n time discover He is our "friend."

quotes taken from the book... "Nephi's Isaiah"

2 comments:

  1. These are great quotes David...I've read Nephi's Isaiah but had forgotten about these...
    They will help me ponder for a while, and help me try to listen more carefully to all that happens around me, and not expect God to answer me in the way I want Him to answer, but in the way He wants to answer...

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  2. Thanks for the heads up, David. Just need to find the way in which He wants to talk.

    Steve

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